Combined Synopsis Solicitation_Infrared Camera.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION

FA700025Q0079

U. S. Air Force Academy

Mid Wave Infrared Camera System

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with (IAW) the format in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 12.6, 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.

This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) in accordance with FAR part 12 and part 13 under solicitation number FA700025Q0079. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) number shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this RFQ. The RFQ document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03, effective 17 Jan 25, DFARS change, effective 17 Jan 25, and Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DAFFARS) change, effective 16 Oct 24.

The associated North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 334516 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) 6640.

“Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.”

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.

Before submitting a quote, please read the instructions in the addenda to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, listed below and comply with all requirements for submitting a quote. Failure to comply with all instructions contained within this synopsis/solicitation could result in the quote being ineligible for award. It is the quoter’s responsibility to ensure their quote meets all the requirements identified herein. Quoters must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The quotes will be evaluated IAW FAR 52.212-2, found herein.

I. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS

The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitation is to procure an infrared camera system as well as motorized lenses with calibration and perpetual licenses.

It is USAFA’s preference/intent to acquire only domestic end products per the Buy American Statute (41 USC Chapter 83), except as provided in FAR 25.103. Foreign offers will be evaluated per DFARS 225.502 when comparing domestic and foreign offers. This requirement is for commercial items; therefore, the manufacturing country of origin will determine if the quoted product is foreign or domestic. The Buy American Certificate (DFARS 252.225-7000), Attachment 2 –Buy American Certificate, must be completed and submitted with the quote.

All contract line item numbers (CLIN) are firm fixed price (FFP). The offer schedule and http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/FAR12.DOC#s126 contract CLIN schedule are below.

Item Supplies/Service Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Amount

Mid Wave Infrared Camera

Each

Motorized 25mm lens, 3.0- 5.0mm, f/2.5

1 Each

25mm Lens Calibration

1 Each

Motorized 50mm lens, 3.0- 5.0mm, f/2.5

1 Each

50mm Lens Calibration

1 Each

Perpetual License

2 Each

The Government will not provide IUID labeling.

Delivery Delivery must be F.O.B. Destination to United States Air Force Academy, CO 80840. Any applicable shipping costs must be factored into the unit price(s) of the line item(s). Do not include a separate line item for shipping charges.

FOB Destination (As defined in FAR 2.101—Definitions, the seller or consignor is responsible for the cost of shipping and risk of loss.

Delivery Schedule: Schedule to be submitted by vendor. Item must be delivered within 60 days

ARO.

Inspection and Acceptance The Government will inspect and accept supplies at the Government’s location, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 80840. Payment on invoices cannot be made until the Government has accepted the supplies. The contract/purchase order number must be included when shipping.

The Government will not consider any quotes that contain used, reconditioned, refurbished, gray market, or liquidated stock.

II. SOLICITATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. In all instances throughout this solicitation, to include the applicable provisions and clauses, any use of the word "proposal" should be understood as "quote." All instances of the word "offeror" should be understood as "quoter." All instances of the word "award" should be understood as "purchase order."

Quotes supplied in response to this solicitation are not binding. Award of this requirement will be offered to the Quoter IAW 52.212-2, found herein.

2. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023), and the addenda listed below apply to this acquisition.

Addenda to FAR 52.212-1

Submission of offers. FAR 52.212-1 is amended to include the following:

(1) Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: “The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear above.”

(2) Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm until 30 September 2025, unless another time period is specified in an addendum.”

(3) Paragraph (g) Interchanges: The government intends to award a contract without interchanges with respective vendors. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct interchanges, with all, some, or none of the vendors in its best interest.

(4) Submit signed and dated quotes via e-mail to Ms. Brianna Morphis, brianna.morphis@us.af.mil.

Note: zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through our email system. Emails larger than 10 MB will not make it through the firewall.

(5) Quotes must be submitted by 25 Jun 2025, 2:00 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time.

Late Submissions: Quoters are responsible for submitting quotations so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

Any quotes received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact mailto:brianna.morphis@us.af.mil time specified for receipt of quotations is late and will not be considered unless an exception in 52.212-1(f)(2)(i) applies.

(6) All questions regarding this RFQ must be emailed to Ms. Brianna Morphis, brianna.morphis@us.af.mil no later than 18 Jun 2025 9:00 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time. The questions and answers will be compiled and posted in SAM.gov under the solicitation notice.

(7) The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the quote. If applicable, provide a written statement that the quote incorporates all amendments to the solicitation.

Quotation preparation instructions

(1) General Instructions. The quoter shall submit their quote to include the following:

solicitation number, contact name, address, e-mail, and telephone number of the offeror, CAGE code, UEI number, size of business, and warranty information.

(2) IAW FAR 12.602(a) when using the simplified acquisition procedures in FAR 13, contracting officers are not required to describe the relative importance of evaluation factors.

(3) The vendor acknowledges that should the quote terms and conditions and/or agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

(4) Specific Instructions.

(a) PRICE QUOTATION. Submit the price quote in accordance with the line-item structure listed in the CLIN schedule of this solicitation. Price quotes must be firm-fixed price. Price quotes must include unit prices and extended amounts for each line item (i.e., multiply the unit price and quantity for each line item).

Include the total price (i.e., sum of all extended amounts) in the price quote.

Include delivery terms and schedule, any discounts, and payment terms (e.g., Net

30) with the price quote. Offerors must submit offers in the English language and in U.S. dollars rounded to the nearest cent. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of award.

If a tariff must be paid, the vendor shall state the country and tariff percentage rate with the quote submission. Tariffs must be included with the total price amount and shall not be a separate CLIN item.

Quote shall not expire until 30 September 2025.

mailto:brianna.morphis@us.af.mil

(b) TECHNICAL

At a minimum, the equipment must include:

1. 1280x1024 pixel InSb detector with true 3-5mm spectral response

2. 12mm pixel pitch

3. 14-bit dynamic range

4. Greater than 99.5% operability with 99.95% typical operability

5. NEdT of 30mK typical

6. Shall provide 181 frames per second (full resolution) using 355 megapixel/sec clock

7. Shall support integration times down to 270nS

8. Programmable frame rates from 0.0015Hz to 181 fps full window

9. Flexible windowing down to 64 x 4 to increase frame rate

10. 4 position filter wheel with automatic filter position detection capability

11. Camera must support Asynchronous Integrate While Read or Asynchronous Integrate Then Read modes

12. Adjustable Digital Gain and Offset

13. Cooled by a closed cycle linear cryocooler with less than 7-minute cool down time

14. 64GB of on-board volatile RAM allowing for the capture of up to 23,000 frames

15. Must have removable (non-volatile) 4TB NVMe SSD for up to 2 hours of record time and easy offloading of acquired data

16. Must provide NIST traceable accuracy of ±2°C for ≤100°C (±1°C typical) or ±2% of the reading (±1% typical) for ≥100°C

17. Motorized 25mm lens, 3.0-5.0mm, f/2.5 with calibration

18. Motorized 50mm lens, 3.0-5.0mm, f/2.5 with calibration

19. Two compatible perpetual licenses for professional thermal analysis software with multi-platform ability and support. Must be operable without internet connectivity.

DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE. For the quote to be considered by the Government, it must meet the description specified in the attached salient characteristics. Include any applicable descriptive literature, such as illustrations, specification sheets, or product brochures that clearly identify that the quote meets the Government’s requirements.

Include your best warranty and delivery schedule, as applicable.

The purpose of Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List (DODIN APL) is to maintain a single consolidated list of products that have completed Interoperability (IO) and Cybersecurity certification. Use of the DODIN APL allows DOD Components to purchase and operate systems over all DOD network infrastructures. All software or information technology products to include items embedded in commercial products submitted with your quote must be on the approved product list or a waiver must be able to be obtained by the

Government technical personnel to meet interoperability and cybersecurity standards. If a waiver cannot be obtained by the Government technical personnel, the product will be evaluated as unacceptable. The APL list can be found at: https://storefront.disa.mil/kinetic/disa/service-catalog#/forms/dod-information-network-dodin-apl-testing-and-certification or https://aplits.disa.mil/apl

(c) PAST PERFORMANCE. The vendor’s exclusions will be checked on sam.gov. In addition, the vendor’s supplier performance risk system (SPRS) will be assessed. Authorized representatives of the Offeror for which the assessment was conducted may access SPRS to view their own summary level scores, in accordance with the SPRS Software User’s Guide for Awardees/Contractors available at https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/pdf/SPRS_Awardee.pdf

(d) CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION.

i. Quoters are required to be registered in the System of Award Management

(SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) at the time the quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements.

Quoters that are not registered in SAM at the time the quotation is submitted will not be considered.

ii. Quotes must include a completed copy of the following provisions that require fill-in text:

• FAR 52.212-3 The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v) of this provision.

The deviation to FAR 52.212-3 also applies.

• 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Substitute the following paragraph (t) for that paragraph in the provision at FAR 52.212-3:

OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS—

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (MAR

2025) (DEVIATION 2025-O0004)

(t) [Reserved] https://storefront.disa.mil/kinetic/disa/service-catalog#/forms/dod-information-network-dodin-apl-testing-and-certification https://storefront.disa.mil/kinetic/disa/service-catalog#/forms/dod-information-network-dodin-apl-testing-and-certification https://aplits.disa.mil/apl https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/pdf/SPRS_Awardee.pdf http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.sam.gov/

b. The addenda listed below at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) applies to this acquisition.

Pursuant to FAR 12.602 contract award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures IAW FAR 13.106. Vendor’s submissions will be evaluated based upon the following:

Addenda to FAR 52.212-2

Basis For Award

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 purchase order to the quoter that represents the best value to the Government. All quotes submitted will be reviewed for completeness.

Quotes that are incomplete or missing information may be considered non- responsive and excluded from the evaluation. The Government will select the awardee that represents the best value based on technical, price, and other terms and conditions to award a best value purchase order that is most advantageous to the Government.

Addenda to FAR 52.212-4

The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and the addendum listed below apply to this acquisition.

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

(c) 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).

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2025) (DEVIATION 2025-O0003 and 2025-O0004) applies to this acquisition. See provision and clause attachment.

Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating do not apply to this acquisition.

Attachments to this Solicitation

Attachment 1 – Provisions and Clauses Attachment 2 – Buy American Certificate Attachment 3– FAR 52.212-3(b)