Combination Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Purchases (Under SAT).pdf

COMBO SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

1. Solicitation Number: W911QX-24-Q-0228

2. Classification Code: 6640

3. NAICS Code: 335910

4. Response Date: Five (5) business days due via email to the Primary Point of

Contact listed in the SAM.gov webpage for this combined synopsis-solicitation.

5. Description:

Disclaimer: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

NOTICE: THIS PROCUREMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED USING A TIERED

EVALUATION OF OFFERS. THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WILL BE

UTILIZED:

THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE THAT WILL CONVERT TO FULL AND

OPEN COMPETITION IF NO ACCEPTABLE OFFERS ARE RECEIVED FROM

RESPONSIBLE, SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. FOR OFFERS TO BE

CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE, THEY MUST MEET ALL TECHNICAL

REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THE SOLICITATION AND BE COMPETITIVE

IN TERMS OF MARKET PRICES, QUALITY, AND DELIVERY. IF ONLY ONE

ACCEPTABLE OFFER IS RECEIVED FROM A RESPONSIBLE, SMALL

BUSINESS CONCERN, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL CONSIDER

AWARDING DIRECTLY TO THAT FIRM, PRIOR TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE

SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. NO AMENDMENT WILL BE ISSUED TO

CONVERT THE SOLICITATION TO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. IF THE

SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE IS DISSOLVED, THE GOVERNMENT WILL

AWARD TO THE LARGE BUSINESS WHOSE OFFER IS MOST

ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS

AND EVALUATION CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THIS SOLICITATION. ALL

INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND, REGARDLESS OF

BUSINESS SIZE; HOWEVER, THEY MUST DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE

FIRST, AND FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION ONLY AFTER THE ABOVE

CRITERIA IS NOT MET.

This acquisition is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-03 dated 23 February 2024.

For purposes of this acquisition, the associated NAICS code is 335910. The small business size standard is 1,250 employees.

Contract Line Item (CLIN) Structure: The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable):

CLIN0001: one (1) benchtop environmental battery test chamber

Specifications/Requirement:

1.) The battery test chamber must be greater than or equal to eight cubic feet (≥8 ft3) in volume and have temperature control from negative (-)40 degrees Celsius (°C) to 180°C.

2.) The test chamber must not have humidity control.

3.) The system must come with a test fixture for testing 48 cells in pouch, prismatic, or

18650 cell formats.

4.) The test chamber must be equipped with 48 feedthroughs for thermocouple wiring and electrical cabling for interfacing with Maccor Battery cyclers.

5.) The chamber must be equipped with safety features covering up to a European Council for Automotive Research and Development (EUCAR) Hazard Level 7 failure, including cell explosion and venting.

6.) The chamber must come with a stackable stand and secure mounting, with swivel-brake casters.

7.) The chamber must be equipped with the following safety features:

a. High/low temperature limit

b. Emergency stop button

c. Set point temperature limit

d. Chamber alarm input/output

e. Door lock

f. Temperature-limited sheath heaters

g. A burst-disk/low flow valve

Delivery: Delivery is required by no later than (NLT) 15 December 2024.

Delivery shall be made to:

Technical Point of Contact Provided on Award Army Research Laboratory ATTN: FCDD-RLA-GD (Schroeder) 2800 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, MD 20783

Acceptance shall be performed at destination. The FOB point is destination.

Clauses:

I. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this provision:

In addition to the requirements set for the in FAR 52.212-1, all offers responding to this solicitation must provide their business size in relation to the NAICS code contained in this solicitation and shall identify any socioeconomic categories to which they belong.

II. Evaluation Criteria - The specific evaluation criteria to be used are as follows:

In accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), comparative evaluation procedures will be utilized. Comparative evaluation is the comparison of all offers received in response to this solicitation against each other. An item-by-item comparison of each offer to one another will be performed to determine which offer provides the most benefit to the Government. Award will be made to the offer that is most advantageous to the Government. The Government may award to the lowest priced offeror that meets the Government’s minimum requirements; however, the Government reserves the right to award to a higher priced offeror exceeding the minimum requirements if it is most advantageous to the Government. In order to be considered for award, an offer must meet the Government’s minimum technical requirement contained in this solicitation. The below evaluation factors will be utilized during evaluation (in no order of relative importance):

Price Technical Capabilities/Specification Past Performance

III. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its

Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer.

IV. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this clause ______NONE___________.

V. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items and the selected clauses listed in DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR/DFARS clauses cited in this clause are applicable:

FAR:

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (June 2020)

52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Nov 2021)

52.204-25 Prohibition of Contracting for Certain Telecomunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (June 2023)

52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Nov 2021)

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

52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020)

52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Mar 2023)

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 (Sep 2016)

52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020)

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021)

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021)

52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (May 2024)

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Mar 2023)

52.233-3 Protest after Award (Aug 1996)

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004)

VI. The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply (full text of all FAR/DFARS clauses that contain fill-in information, as well as all local clauses, can be found in the attached Provisions and Clauses Full-Text document):

FAR:

52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018)

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

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020)

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

52.222-20 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment Exceeding $15,000 (Jun 2020)

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013)

52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (Nov 2020)

DFARS:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 2011)

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights(Dec 2022)

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 2022)

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 1992)

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support (Jan 2023)

252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services— Representation (Dec 2019)

252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (May 2021)

252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services (Jan 2023)

252.204-7024 Notice on the use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (Mar 2023)

252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation (Jan 2023)

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Jan 2023)

252.225-7000 Buy American – Balance of Payments Program Certificate (Feb 2024)

252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program—Basic (Feb 2024)

252.225-7007 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist Chinese Military Companies (Dec 2018)

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Apr 2022)

252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (May 2022)

252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (Jan 2023)

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 2018)

252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions (Jan 2023)

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006)

252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk (Dec 2022)

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services (Nov 2023)

252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea—Basic (Jan 2023)

Adelphi Local Clauses:

• ACC - APG POINT OF CONTACT

• TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

• TYPE OF CONTRACT

• GOVERNMENT INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

• TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE (ARL)

• PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

• RECEIVING ROOM REQUIREMENTS – APG

• EXCEPTIONS IN PROPOSAL

• ADELPHI CONTR. DIVISION URL

• FOREIGN NATIONALS PERFORMING

• PAYMENT TERMS

• AWARD OF CONTRACT

• DFARS COMMERCIAL CLAUSES

• ARMY CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM (ACWS) TRANSITION

INFORMATION CONTRACTORS

VII. This acquisition is rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) as N/A.

VIII. The following notes apply to this announcement:

The Government is contemplating a Commercial, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract type for this requirement under the FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). In accordance with FAR 32.003, contract financing cannot be provided for this acquisition.

Offers are due five (5) business days after posting by 11:59 AM EST, to Contract Specialist, Shanna Dellinger, at shanna.dellinger.civ@army.mil.

7/25/2024

X Robert Edwards

Contracting Officer (KO) Signed by: USA