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CLASSIFICATION CODE: 6830 – Gases, Compressed and Liquefied TITLE: Liquid Nitrogen Supply & Filling services

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 1333ND23QNB680322

RESPONSE DATE: July 31, 2023

CONTACT POINTS: Ranae Armstrong, Contract Specialist, ranae.armstrong@nist.gov Donald Collie, Contracting Officer, Donald.collie@nist.gov

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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 separate written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued under the authority of FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. 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) 2023-03 published 04/26/23 and effective 05/26/23.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees, is the best fit for this acquisition. This acquisition is being competed as total small business set-aside. Only responsible, qualified small business concerns can respond to this notice.

1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010)

Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to ranae.armstrong@nist.gov . Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. Inquires must be received no later than ten (10) days after the RFQ is posted for Government response. Inquiry deadline will be extended to accommodate a site visit if requested.

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EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR AWARD

The Government intends to award a single purchase order from this RFQ to the responsible offeror whose quotation, conforming to the solicitation, is determined to be the most advantageous offer to the Government based on the Evaluation Criteria provided in “Addendum 52.212-1” (attached to the SF1449). The Government reserves the right not to award a purchase order.

The Basis for Award is Trade-Off. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will evaluate whether the offeror has demonstrated that its proposed services and/or products meets all minimum requirements as required by the Addendum 52.212-1 (attached to the SF1449).

The proposed pricing will be evaluated to determine that total price is consistent with the technical portion of the quotation and is a fair and reasonable overall price to the Government.

NIST intends to evaluate quotations and issue a purchase order based on the initial quotes received. Therefore, the offerors initial quote should contain the offerors best terms from a price and technical standpoint. NIST reserves the right to request revised quotes from, or negotiate final contract terms with, one or more, but not all, Contractors if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary.

REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS

All Offerors shall submit the following:

1. For the purpose of evaluation of Technical Acceptability: SEE EVALUATION CRITERA DOCUMENT and STATEMENT OF WORK

2. Offeror shall provide a firm-fixed price for each line item. pricing for the following line items. All equipment must be new. Used or remanufactured equipment will not be considered for award

Line Item 0001: Base Year Description: Liquid Nitrogen Supply & Services Quantity: Total Estimated Quantity (for all sites) Price: $

Line Item 0002: Option Period I Description: Liquid Nitrogen Supply & Services Quantity: Total Estimated Quantity (for all sites) Price: $

Line Item 0003: Option Period II Description: Liquid Nitrogen Supply & Services Quantity: Total Estimated Quantity (for all sites) Price: $

Line Item 0004: Option Period III Description: Liquid Nitrogen Supply & Services Quantity: Total Estimated Quantity (for all sites) Price: $

Line Item 0005: Option Period IV Description: Liquid Nitrogen Supply & Services Quantity: Total Estimated Quantity (for all sites) Price: $

***OFFEROR MUST COMPLETE EACH PRICING TABLE (BASE AND EACH OPTION YEAR) ATTACHED TO THE SF1449 *****

3. A completed version of all required solicitation provisions (see attached SF1449)

4. Submit all documentation required by the Evaluation Criteria (Addendum 52.212-1).

5. Any award resulting from this solicitation will contain the following statement: “The Government’s terms and conditions, identified herein, shall be the prevailing terms and conditions governing this award. In the event of a conflict between the Government’s and contractor’s terms and conditions, the Government’s terms and conditions take precedence.” If the Contractor objects to any of the terms and conditions contained in this solicitation, the contractor shall state “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:” [Contractor shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s)]. It is the sole responsibility of the Contractor to identify in their quote any exceptions to the terms and conditions of the solicitation. If the contractor does not include such a statement, the submission of a quotation in response to this solicitation will be regarded as the Contractor’s acceptance of the Government’s terms and conditions for inclusion into the resultant purchase order as prevailing.

6. Offeror shall provide an active UEI # for the System for Award Management (SAM) registration.

7. The vendor must be active and registered in the System for Award Management at the time the RFQ closes to be considered for award.

Please note that this procurement IS NOT being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If a contractor submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price. However, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant Purchase Order, not the terms and conditions of the contractor’s FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation.

SITE VISIT

A site visit is not scheduled at this time. A request for a site visit will be accepted by the Government as long as the request is received at ranae.armstrong@nist.gov with a cc to Donald.collie@nist.gov no later than 5 days after the posting date.

DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS

All quotations must be submitted via e-mail to Contract Specialist Ranae Armstrong at RANAE.ARMSTRONG@NIST.GOV. Submission must be received not later than July 31, 2023, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A quotation shall be considered received when it is received in the electronic inbox of Ranae Armstrong not later than the date and time identified herein.

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES:

The clauses and provisions applicable to this solicitation can be found under Applicable Clauses & Provisions. The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at https://farsite.hill.af.mil or www.acquisition.gov/far. The full text of a CAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at https://farsite.hill.af.mil or http://www.osec.doc.gov/oam/acquistion_management/policy/.

ATTACHMENTS:

The following attachments apply to this solicitation:

1. STANDARD FORM 1449