B01.01 Combined Synopsis_Solicitation_W912HZ23Q0XIU.pdf

SOLICITATION #

W912HZ23Q0XIU

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION TITLE:

Constant Rate of Strain Soil Consolidation Device

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION: 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 of Commercial Items”, 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 intent of this solicitation is to award a single contract for services described in the attached Description of Requirement. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-02. The requirements will be fulfilled using FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition procedures, to the maximum extent possible. This acquisition is open to Small and Other Than Small Businesses. The associated NAICS code for this procurement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a corresponding small business size standard of 1,000 employees. See attachments for additional details.

NOTE: All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to the response date listed in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Information concerning SAM requirements may be viewed via the internet at SAM.gov.

This solicitation is being issued as a request for quote (RFQ). The Government intends to award a single contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offerors whose offer conforming to the solicitation and is found to be the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror.

An award, if any, will be made to the responsible offeror(s) who submits a quote that conforms to the requirements of the synopsis, whose quote is found to be technically acceptable, and is the lowest price. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon (1) the quality of quotes received and

(2) the price fair and reasonableness of quotes received.

The lowest priced proposal will be evaluated to determine technically acceptable contractor(s). If the lowest proposed offer is determined to be technically acceptable, the Government reserves the right to not evaluate the technical proposal(s) submitted by the other offeror(s). A proposal that fails to comply with any minimum technical requirements will not be eligible for award regardless that it may offer the lowest price.

The Government bears no legal liability for the costs associated with preparing a quote.

Vendors should not submit a quote unless they are willing to absorb all costs associated with submitting a quote.

I. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS

The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, is in need of purchasing a Constant Rate of Strain Soil Consolidation Device for the consolidation of soils commonly found in fine-grained dredge material across a wide range of earth pressures in support of USACE, the Army, and DOD’s missions. The ERDC’s requirement for constant rate of strain consolidation of soils stems from its needs to understand the behavior of fine-grained dredge material in order to achieve the USACE 70/30 goal. The ERDC CHL is seeking quotes for a constant rate of strain soil consolidation device.

Equipment shall be new or in unused condition. Used or refurbished equipment will not be considered.

• Constant Rate of Strain soil consolidation device (CRS).

• Removable CRS cells to hold soil during consolidation process, 100 mm x 22m high.

• Load frame capacity of 10 kN.

• Pressure transducer with capacity of 100 kPa. Accuracy 0.10% of full range output.

• Internal load cell capacity of 1 kN, submersible, with accuracy within 0.1% of full range output.

• Linear displacement transducer to measure vertical displacement during experiment, including all cables. Accuracy within 0.075%. Range of 25 mm.

• CRS cells must include pressure connections with hydraulic lines to connect to a hydraulic pump, to include tubing, sealant, grease, pipe cutter, all pipe junctions, nut and ferrules for connections.

• Hydraulic pump (pressure / volume controller) with automated protection against exceeding maximum pressure/volume limits of equipment. Volume change must be measured to within 1 cubic millimeter.

• Hydraulic pump volume accuracy within 0.25% of the measured value, and pressure accuracy withing 0.15% of the full range. Pressure should be regulated to 0.1 kPa.

• Includes De-Airing block for pressure transducer with non-volume change valve.

• Software to prepare CRS experiment, run CRS experiment, acquire and process data during experiment, and export data included.

• Includes all USB and power cables.

• Remote Installation, calibration, and training for 4 people

Basis of Award: Award is based upon the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable evaluation.

Delivery: Within 12 weeks of contract award. The vendor shall submit the latest technical specifications, datasheets, and advertising literature on the constant rate of strain consolidation device, including any data acquisition systems, software, soil consolidation cells, and hydraulic pumps, they propose to furnish with their quote.

Warranty:

The vendor shall provide warranty of at least one year. The vendor will provide assistance regarding any troubleshooting with the products.

Place of Delivery:

ERDC-CHL

3909 Halls Ferry Road Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199

II. SOLICITATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial (NOV 2021), and the addenda listed below applies to this acquisition.

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-1:

a. Submission of offers. FAR 52.212-1(b) is amended to include the following:

(1) Submit signed electronic quotes by 1400 hours, CST on 31 August 2023 to chl-ct-quotes@usace.army.mil. All submittals from responsible firms will be considered by the agency.

b. Late submissions. FAR 52.212-1(f) is amended as follows:

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting quotes so as to reach the Government designated office in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified, the time for receipt is 4:30 pm, local time, for the designated Government office on the date that quotes are due.

(2) Any quotation received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of quotations is late will not be considered unless it is received before award is made and the contracting officer determines that accepting the late quotation would not unduly delay the acquisition.

(3) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that quotations cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of quotations by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of quotations will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

c. Formal communications. Requests for clarification and information concerning the solicitation must be provided in writing no later than 10 business days prior to closing.

Answers will be compiled and posted electronically to the System for Award Management/Contract Opportunities website: https://sam.gov/content/opportunities.

Questions may be emailed to the point of contact listed above in section II, paragraph 1a. All correspondence should reference the solicitation number.

d. Quotation preparation instructions:

(1) General Instructions. The offeror shall submit their quote on company letterhead to include the following: solicitation number; contact name, address, e-mail, and telephone number of the offeror; unit price; and CAGE code, DUNS number, size of business. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the quotes. If applicable, provide a written statement that the quote incorporates all amendments to the solicitation.

(2) Specific Instructions. Quotes shall consist of two separate parts, as identified below.

The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (Nov 2021), and the addenda mailto:chl-ct-quotes@usace.army.mil mailto:chl-ct-quotes@usace.army.mil listed below applies to this acquisition. The evaluation factors to be included in paragraph (a) of this provision are Price, Technical Information and Past Performance.

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-2:

BASIS FOR OFFER: This is a competitive acquisition in accordance with FAR part 12 and part 13. The Government will submit an offer in the form of a contract to the offeror that represents the best value to the Government. Quotes will be evaluated as described below.

Solicitation Requirements. All quotes submitted will be reviewed for completeness to determine if they contain all information requested in the addenda to FAR 52.212-1. Quotes that are incomplete or missing information may be considered non-responsive and excluded from the evaluation.

A. PRICING:

Interested vendors shall submit a total cost for the supply requested, inclusive of delivery to

ERDC-CHL.

The aggregate proposed prices will be evaluated for each line item including miscellaneous items for data deliverables and expedited services. Any discounts identified in the quote will be included in the evaluation of the evaluated price. No advantage will accrue to an offeror who submits a quote for an unreasonably low price. Failure to propose for any line item may cause the vendor's quote to be considered non-responsive and excluded from the evaluation.

The price evaluation will document the reasonableness of the quoted price.

2. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Nov 2021), and the addenda listed below applies to this acquisition.

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-4:

Text in paragraph (c) is deleted and replaced with the following:

Changes. Changes in terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of certain changes such as administrative changes including changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc. authorized by the Federal Acquisition Regulation and its supplements that may be made unilaterally by the Contracting Officer (for a complete list of changes that may be made unilaterally, see FAR 43.103(b)).

III. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition. The contract will incorporate one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The full text of a provision and/or clause may be accessed electronically at:

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52

P/C Provisions/Clauses Date

P 52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2018 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52

C 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018

C 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting AUG 2020

P 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

AUG 2020

C 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

DEC 2014

P 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems

NOV 2021

P 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities.

NOV 2021

C 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

NOV 2021

P 52.204-25 Prohibition of Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

NOV 2021

C 52.207-1 Notice of Standard Competition MAY 2006

C 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment

NOV 2021

P 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters OCT 2018

P 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

OCT 2018

P 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

NOV 2015

C 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

NOV 2021

C 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items NOV 2021

C 52.212-3

(DEV)

Offeror Representations and Certifications— Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(DEVIATION 2023-O0002)

MAY 2022

C 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

NOV 2021

P 52.212-5

(DEV)

Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –Commercial Items

MAY 2022

C 52.213-1 Fast Payment Procedure MAY 2006

C 52.215-8 Order of Precedence – Uniform Contract Format OCT 1997

C 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options JUL 1990

C 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity-Separately Priced Line Item

MAR 1989

C 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2021- O0008)

SEP 2021

C 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation MAR 2020

C 52.222-3 Convict Labor JUNE 2003

C 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities APR 2015

C 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity SEP 2016

C 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity Veterans JUN 2020

C 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities JUN 2020

C 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans JUN 2020

C 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons NOV 2021

C 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification MAY 2022

C 52.222-55 Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 JAN 2022

P 52.223-6 Drug-Free Workplace MAY 2001

C 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

JUN 2020

C 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FEB 2021

C 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran— Representations and Certifications

JUN 2020

C 52.232-1 Payments APR 1984

C 52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment FEB 2002

C 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims MAY 2014

C 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management

OCT 2018

C 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations JUN 2013

C 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

NOV 2021

C 52.233-1 Disputes MAY 2014

C 52.233-3 Protest After Award AUG 1996

C 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim OCT 2004

C 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order AUG 1989

C 52.242-17 Government Delay of Work APR 1984

C 52.243-1 Alt I Changes – Fixed Price Alternate I APR 1984

C 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Items DEC 2022

P 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price AUG 1996

C 52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination NOV 1991

P 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price)

APR 2012

C 52.252-1 Solicitations Provisions Incorporated by Reference FEB 1998

C 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference FEB 1998

C 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions NOV 2020

P 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses NOV 2020

C 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

SEP 2011

P 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

DEC 2022

C 252.203-7005 Representation relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

SEP 2022

C 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992

P 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

OCT 2016

P 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

JAN 2023

C 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors

JAN 2023

P 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services--Representation

DEC 2019

C 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services-- Representation

MAY 2021

C 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services

JAN 2023

C 252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism

MAY 2019

C 252.215-7008 Only One Offer DEC 2022

C 252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors

JAN 2023

C 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities APR 2022

C 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items JUNE 2013

C 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DEC 2018

C 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DEC 2006

C 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items JAN 2023

C 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea--Basic JAN 2023