Combo SS Wash Unit 3D.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR

Markforged Wash-1 Chemical Debinding Machine

General Information

Document Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Solicitation Number: W911RQ-25-R-0040 Posted Date: June 30, 2025 Current Response Date: July 7, 2025 Product or Service Code: PSC 3695 Set Aside: 100% Small Business NAICS Code: 333998

Contracting Office Address

Red River Army Depot Directorate for Contracting 100 James Carlow drive, Bld 735 Texarkana, TX 75505-5000 Contract Specialist: Luke Leitschuck – luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil Contracting Officer: Travis N Peterson

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 Offers (RFO). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulations Circular - FAC Number: 2025-01 Effective Date: 1/17/2025.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 333998 with a small business size standard of 700 employees. This solicitation will result in one (1) award.

Basis For Award: See Provision At FAR 52.212-2 below.

mailto:luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil

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Submission Of Questions: Any questions regarding this RFO must be received by July 2, 2025 at 1000 hrs. (10:00 AM Central Standard Time (CST). Questions shall be submitted by email to Contract Specialist at luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil & Contracting Officer at travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil.

Responses to questions are not considered changes to the RFO as the only way the RFO can be modified is through an amendment that will be issued. No Oral explanations or instructions will be provided. All questions must be submitted in writing, upon receipt of questions, the Government will post questions and answers to sam.gov and by email to all interested offerors.

Submission Due Date: All offers are due by July 7, 2025 at 1300hrs (1:00 PM CST). All responses received within this time frame will be considered by the government. Responses shall be submitted electronically to luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil & travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil concerning this acquisition. Offeror must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) prior to receiving an award. Refer to website https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

The Acquisition Services Division for Red River Army Depot at 100 James Carlow Drive, Bld 735 in Texarkana, TX is seeking to purchase a DC Torque Tooling with Gantry System.

All interested companies shall provide offers for the following:

Supplies

Red River Army Depot Directorate for Maintenance has a requirement for 1 (one) each new Markforged Wash-1 chemical debinding machine.

1. This will be a Firm-Fixed Price/ Single Purchase Order for the following:

TABLE I

Line Item

Description Quantity Unit Price Total Price

0001 Install turnkey Markforged Wash-1 Chem Debinding Machine

Offeror name/POC/address (CAGE code; Unique Entity ID (UEI) mailto:travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil mailto:travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil

Purchase Description (PD) Markforged Wash-1 Chemical Debinding Machine

For Red River Army Depot (RRAD) 30 June 2025

1. Scope: This purchase description sets forth the minimum requirements for the delivery of one (1) each

Markforged Wash-1 chemical debinding machine. The machine shall be compatible with the Markforged Metal X additive manufacturing system. The Wash-1 machine is part of a metal 3D printing process that is used to create metal parts using metal powder and wax binding agents. The Wash-1 machine is used to remove the wax binding agents from the printed part after the print is complete.

2. Delivery: The item acquired via this contract shall be delivered to the Red River Army Depot located at Texarkana, Texas no later than two (2) months after award.

3. General Requirements:

3.1. Item Condition: The item offered shall be new and a current production model. A current production model is defined as the manufacturer’s current production model which, on the date this solicitation is issued, has been designed, engineered and sold or is being offered for sale through advertisements or manufacturer’s published catalogue or brochures. Products such as a prototype unit, pre-production model, or experimental units do not qualify as meeting the requirements specified herein. The equipment shall be complete, so that when connected to the utilities identified herein, it can be used for any function for which it was designed and constructed.

3.2. General Safety: The equipment shall be fitted with safety devices or coverings for any parts that present safety hazards.

3.3. General Standards Compliance: General compliance shall include, but not necessarily be limited to the following:

3.3.1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 CFR 1910: Code of Federal Regulations, Occupational Safety and Health Standards

3.3.2. National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 70: National Electric Code (NEC), most current edition.

3.3.3. Vendor shall comply with all local, state, and federal safety, security, and environmental regulations.

3.4. Environmental Protection: The equipment shall be designed and constructed, so that under the operating service, transportation and storage conditions described herein, the equipment shall not emit materials hazardous to the ecological system as prescribed by federal, state, and local statutes in effect at the time of offer.

3.4.1. Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations: Contractor shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws, statutes, regulations, executive orders, permits, Army regulations (with supplements), as well as Major Subordinate Command (MSC) and installation regulation, policy, Host Tenant Agreement, Interagency Service Support Agreement, or Status-of-Forces Agreement. Contractor shall immediately report any conflicts between applicable federal, state, local environmental laws, statutes, executive orders, and provisions of Army Regulation 200-1, and any specifications within this contract to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR).

3.4.2. Conformance with Environmental Management System: Contractor shall take the necessary actions to identify, monitor, and control those contract operations and activities that pose risk of contamination, or can negatively impact the natural and/or human environment.

3.5. Interchangeability: All parts of the end item shall be manufactured to standards and tolerances that will provide for the interchangeability of respective parts between end items of the same model without modification of the part or the equipment. All replacement parts shall be available commercially within the continental United States.

3.6. Equipment Assembly: The equipment shall be constructed of parts that are new, without defects and free of repairs. The equipment construction shall include all components, parts, and features necessary to meet the performance requirements specified herein. All parts subject to damage from environmental hazards (such as dust, debris, or residue) shall be sealed or otherwise protected. The structure shall withstand all forces encountered during the operation of the equipment to its maximum rating and capacity without permanent distortion or failure.

3.7. Controls and Labels: All operator controls and function labels required for operation shall be clearly displayed in the English language.

3.8. Surfaces: All surfaces shall be clean and free of harmful or extraneous materials. All edges shall be either rounded or beveled unless sharpness is required to perform a necessary function.

Except as otherwise specified herein, the condition and finish of all surfaces shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's commercial practices.

4. Technical Specifications: The unit shall be a Markforged model Wash-1 designed to operate with the Markforged Metal X 3D printer system. No substitutions or alternate items are permissible. The Wash-1 features shall include the following:

4.1. Immersion chamber designed for submerging printed parts in solvent (up to 8.5 gallons)

4.2. Boil chamber for the purpose of solvent heating up to 130 degrees Fahrenheit

4.3. Condensing coil system and water separator

4.4. Basket for printed part submersion in the solvent

4.5. Drying chamber for drying parts after solvent wash

4.6. Fully stand-alone control system and operator interface screen

4.7. Shall operate from 110 volts, single phase, 60 Hz

5. Warranty: The item furnished under this contract shall be guaranteed for a period of one (1) year, against defective materials, design, and workmanship. Upon receipt of notice from the Government of failure of any part of the system during the warranty period, that part or parts shall be replaced promptly with new parts at the expense of the vendor. The warranty is to begin upon final acceptance by the Government.

(End of Purchase Description)

2. Delivery schedule: 2 Months ADO

Issuing Office Address: Contracting Office Address

Red River Army Depot Directorate for Contracting 100 James Carlow Drive BLD Texarkana, TX

Postal Code: 75507 Country: United States

Delivery and Acceptance: FOB Destination - RRAD

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). This solicitation will result in only one (1) award.

Complete Table I and offeror info and submit to the POC before closing date.

2. FAR 52.212-2 ADDENDUM, “Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services” The Government will Award a contract to the lowest responsive offer and capable of providing Markforged Wash-1 Chemical Debinding Machine in accordance with Purchase Description Contractor shall acknowledge all requirements in the Purchase Description.

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i) Technical Capability. Technical capability of the supplies offered to meet the Government requirements per Purchase Description. Offers’ technical description of the supplies being offered shall be in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, technical features similar to Purchase Description, warranty provisions, or other documents.

http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

(ii) Price. Price will be evaluated to determine if the offer is fair, reasonable, and balanced. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if prices are significantly unbalanced. Unrealistically low offered prices, initially or subsequently, may be grounds for rejection for this solicitation.

(iii) Past Performance. Past performance will be evaluated to determine the confidence in the offeror’s ability to successfully accomplish the requirements of this solicitation based on the offeror’s demonstrated present and past work record. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s demonstrated record of contract compliance in supplying products and services that meet users’ needs, including cost and delivery schedule.

There will not be an adjectival rating assigned to each factor.

(b) Evaluation of offers. Evaluation procedures at FAR 13 will be used to evaluate all offers received in response to this solicitation.

The Government may award to other than the lowest offer.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)

Responsive offerors shall have a current representations and certifications in sam.gov and Table I complete.

3. FAR 52.212-3, “Offeror Representations and Certifications–Commercial Products and

Commercial Services” (May 2024)

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offeror Representations and Certifications–Commercial Products.”

The following solicitation clauses apply to this acquisition:

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

2. FAR 52.212-5 (Deviation 2023-O0008), “Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (NOV 2024)

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5(DEV) are applicable:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with Alternate I (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655).

https://www.sam.gov/

52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644).

52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755).

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015).

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O. 11246).

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (NOV 2021) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O.

13627).

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (JUN 2020) (E.O.13513).

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

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

(OCT 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic NOV 2015 Corporations 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial

Products and

NOV 2023

Commercial Services 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations JUN 2013 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination NOV 1991 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former

DoD

SEP 2011

Officials 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower

Rights

DEC 2022

252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and

Cyber

JAN 2023

Incident Reporting 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation JAN 2023 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and

Receiving

DEC 2018

Reports 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DEC 2006

This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products as defined herein. The government intends to award a contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all offers 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:"

Offerors shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s).

Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Luke Leitschuck, at luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil & Contracting Officer, Travis N Peterson, at travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil.

Point of Contact

Contract Specialist Luke Leitschuck 571-588-1513 Luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil

Contracting Officer Travis N Peterson 571-588-1517 travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil mailto:luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil mailto:travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil mailto:Luke.j.leitschuck.civ@army.mil mailto:travis.n.peterson2.civ@army.mil