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1333ND24QNB680349 – PORTABLE ADM LASER TRACKER

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. THE

SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES FOR

CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.

The solicitation number is 1333ND24QNB680349. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-05 dated May 22, 2024.

Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not applicable.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334513 - Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables with a small business size standard of 750 employees.

This acquisition is being solicited as a small business set aside.

CAM 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES

Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to both the Contract Specialist Jenna Bortner at jenna.bortner@nist.gov and the Contracting Officer Forest Crumpler at forest.crumpler@nist.gov. Questions should be received no later than five (5) calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. All responses to the 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, on the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract.

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BACKGROUND:

This acquisition is for the purchase of a portable absolute distance measuring (ADM) laser tracker to perform twin target pole (TTP) calibration. The NIST Sensor Science Division (SSD) is developing a new method to calibrate TTPs and an inexpensive low accuracy, lightweight and portable laser tracker is needed for this development effort. The NIST TTP calibration service ensures accuracy of measured data used in court proceedings, providing fairness in our legal system and, consequently, improves the quality of life of our citizens, which is a part of the NIST mission.

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS:

The following documents and forms are hereby provided as attachments. The purpose of these attachments is for reference and to provide specification requirements to the Contractor for quotation purposes only.

Attachment #1: Requirements Document mailto:jenna.bortner@nist.gov

All offerors shall provide a firm-fixed-price quotation for the following line item(s):

Contract Line-Item Number

(CLIN

QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE APPLICABLE

DISCOUNTS

TOTAL

CLIN 0001 – Absolute Distance Meter (ADM) only Laser Tracker in accordance with the attached Requirements Document.

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The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Addenda to this provision is as follows:

System for Award Management (SAM) Registration

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, the awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) prior to award. Refusal to register shall forfeit award.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with its offer. The offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site accessed through http://www.sam.gov/portal. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision.

DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS

Offerors shall submit their electronic quotations, via email, so that NIST receives them not later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. E-mail quotations shall be submitted directly to the Contract Specialist Jenna Bortner at jenna.bortner@nist.gov and the Contracting Officer Forest Crumpler at forest.crumpler@nist.gov.

Please reference the RFQ number in the subject line of email communications. Offerors quotations shall not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is entered in the e-mail inbox set forth above.

QUOTATION PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Technical Quotation (Vol. I), Price Quotation (Vol. II), Terms and Conditions (Vol. III)

Incomplete quotations may be considered non-responsive and removed from further consideration.

Quotations shall be clearly and concisely written as well as being neat, indexed (cross-indexed as appropriate) and logically assembled. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the name of the offeror, the date, and the solicitation number.

Volume I - Technical Quotation:

The offeror shall submit an electronic technical quotation, via email. The technical quotation shall address the following:

Minimum Requirements:

The offeror must submit a technical description or product literature for the product it is proposing, which clearly identifies the manufacturer, and clearly demonstrates its proposed product meets or exceeds each minimum requirement described in the required specifications, by providing a citation to the relevant section of its technical description or product literature and if applicable, evidence that the Offeror is authorized by the original product manufacturer to provide the item(s) in the quotation shall be included.

The offeror must not simply state they will meet or exceed the requirement; evidence must be provided.

Volume II - Price Quotation:

The offeror shall submit an electronic copy of the completed price quotation. The price quotation shall be separate from any other portion of the quotation. The offeror shall propose a separate firm-fixed-price, FOB Destination, for each CLIN. Price quotations shall remain valid for a period of 90 days from the date quotations are due. Contractor shall state express warranty coverage (if applicable).

Volume III – Terms and Conditions

Provisions

Quoters shall provide a completed copy of all provisions listed below:

1. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services

2. FAR 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate

3. FAR 52.225-18, Place Of Manufacture

4. FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements – Notices and Representation

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1(b) (11)):

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.

Note: This procurement is not being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If an Offeror 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 Offeror’s FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation.

NAICS Code If the Offeror’s representations and certifications do not reflect the NAICS code governing this solicitation, Offerors must submit documentation that they are a small business under the NAICS code governing this solicitation.

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Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this procurement. The evaluation criteria included in paragraph (a) of the provision are as follows:

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The Government intends to award a single purchase order (PO) from this solicitation utilizing simplified acquisitions procedures in accordance with FAR part 13.5. The Government reserves the right not to award a PO and to make an award without discussions based solely upon initial quotes.

Evaluation Factors

The Government will issue a firm-fixed price award resulting from this request for quotation to the responsible offeror whose quotation results in the lowest priced, technically acceptable quotation.

An Offeror's failure to address any factor may be considered indicative of the Offeror's lack of understanding of the Government's requirements and may result in the offer being determined unacceptable.

Technical Capability:

This procurement is for commercial items. Therefore, prototypes or demonstration models will not be accepted. Additionally, used or refurbished instruments will not be considered. Evaluation of technical capability shall be limited to the information provided in the quotation.

Evaluation of this factor is a subjective evaluation of the vendor's demonstrated resources, capability, and methods to meet all requirements. This may include the authority to provide the required items (i.e.

authorized dealer/seller/reseller), authority to provide maintenance and repair services, and the capability and method to successfully meet all the requirements in the statement of work. Quotations that do not demonstrate that the proposed equipment meets or exceeds all requirements will not be considered further for award. If an offeror’s technical description and/or product literature does not indicate whether its proposed equipment meets a certain minimum requirement, NIST will determine that it does not meet the requirement.

Price:

The proposed price will be evaluated. The evaluation will determine whether the proposed prices are reasonable in relation to the solicitation requirements. A price realism analysis will not be conducted.

Prices must be proportionate with the technical portion of the quotation.

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES:

The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference.

All FAR clauses may be viewed at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

All CAR clauses may be viewed at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFCARA.HTM

PROVISIONS

FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) at the time of quotation submission and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any resultant contract. Refusal to register shall forfeit award.

FAR 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror FAR 52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror FAR 52.204-22, Alternative Line-Item Proposal FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment FAR 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation FAR 52.204-29, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Representation and Disclosures FAR 52.209-2, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations-Representation FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations FAR 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance FAR 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran

Additionally, the following provisions are required to be completed and returned with the solicitation response:

In accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, quoters must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at www.SAM.Gov. If paragraph

(j) of the provision applies, a written submission is required:

(j) Place of manufacture. (Does not apply unless the solicitation is predominantly for the acquisition of manufactured end products.) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly— http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFCARA.HTM

(1) □ In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or

(2) □ Outside the United States.

52.225-2 Buy American Certificate

(a) (1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(4) The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” "domestic end product," "end product," and "foreign end product" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Supplies."

(b)Foreign End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)

(b)[List as necessary]

(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line Item No. ___

[List as necessary]

(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/25.105#FAR_25_105 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-25#FAR_Part_25

52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements – Notices and Representation

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

Foreign person means any person other than a United States person.

Specified Federal procurement payment means any payment made pursuant to a contract with a foreign contracting party that is for goods, manufactured or produced, or services provided in a foreign country that is not a party to an international procurement agreement with the United States. For purposes of the prior sentence, a foreign country does not include an outlying area.

United States person as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(30) means

(1) A citizen or resident of the United States;

(2) A domestic partnership;

(3) A domestic corporation;

(4) Any estate (other than a foreign estate, within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. 701(a)(31)); and

(5) Any trust if–

(i) A court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust; and

(ii) One or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

(b) Unless exempted, there is a 2 percent tax of the amount of a specified Federal procurement payment on any foreign person receiving such payment. See 26 U.S.C. 5000C and its implementing regulations at 26 CFR 1.5000C-1 through 1.5000C-7.

(c) Exemptions from withholding under this provision are described at 26 CFR 1.5000C-1(d)(5) through (7). The Offeror would claim an exemption from the withholding by using the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form W-14, Certificate of Foreign Contracting Party Receiving Federal Procurement Payments, available via the internet at www.irs.gov/w14. Any exemption claimed and self-certified on the IRS Form W-14 is subject to audit by the IRS. Any disputes regarding the imposition and collection of the 26 U.S.C. 5000C tax are adjudicated by the IRS as the 26 U.S.C.

5000C tax is a tax matter, not a contract issue. The IRS Form W-14 is provided to the acquiring agency rather than to the IRS.

(d) For purposes of withholding under 26 U.S.C. 5000C, the Offeror represents that

(1) It [_] is [_] is not a foreign person; and https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section7701&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section701&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section5000C&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.irs.gov/w14 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section5000C&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section5000C&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section5000C&num=0&edition=prelim

(2) If the Offeror indicates “is” in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, then the Offeror represents that—I am claiming on the IRS Form W-14 [__] a full exemption, or [__] partial or no exemption [Offeror shall select one] from the excise tax.

(e) If the Offeror represents it is a foreign person in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, then—

(1) The clause at FAR 52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements, will be included in any resulting contract; and

(2) The Offeror shall submit with its offer the IRS Form W-14. If the IRS Form W-14 is not submitted with the offer, exemptions will not be applied to any resulting contract and the Government will withhold a full 2 percent of each payment.

(f) If the Offeror selects “is” in paragraph (d)(1) and “partial or no exemption” in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision, the Offeror will be subject to withholding in accordance with the clause at FAR 52.229- 12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements, in any resulting contract.

(g) A taxpayer may, for a fee, seek advice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as to the proper tax treatment of a transaction. This is called a private letter ruling. Also, the IRS may publish a revenue ruling, which is an official interpretation by the IRS of the Internal Revenue Code, related statutes, tax treaties, and regulations. A revenue ruling is the conclusion of the IRS on how the law is applied to a specific set of facts. For questions relating to the interpretation of the IRS regulations go to https://www.irs.gov/help/tax-law-questions.

CLAUSES

FAR 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance FAR 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications FAR 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services

FAR 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.229-12#FAR_52_229_12 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.229-12#FAR_52_229_12 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.229-12#FAR_52_229_12 https://www.irs.gov/help/tax-law-questions

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations.

(5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

(6) 52.233-3, Protest After Award.

(6) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim.

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management

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FAR 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations FAR 52.247-35, F.O.B. Destination, Within Consignee’s Premises FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses

CAR CLAUSES FULL TEXT CAN BE ACCESSED AT:

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title48/48cfrv5_02.tpl

CAR 1352.201-70, Contracting Officer's Authority CAR 1352.209-72, Restrictions Against Disclosure CAR 1352.209-73, Compliance with the Laws CAR 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest

CAR 1352.246-70 Place of Acceptance

(a) The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will accept supplies and services to be provided under this contract.

(b) The place of acceptance will be:

(c) http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title48/48cfrv5_02.tpl

100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640

CAR 1352.233-70 Agency Protests

(a) An agency protest may be filed with either (1) the Contracting Officer, or (2) at a level above the Contracting Officer, with the agency Protest Decision Authority. See 64 Fed. Reg. 16,651 (April 6, 1999).

(b) Agency protests filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address:

NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION

100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(c) Agency protests filed with the Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address:

NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION

ATTN: HEAD OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICE (HCO)

100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(d) A complete copy of all agency protest, including all attachments, shall be served upon the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing a protest with either the Contracting Officer or the Protest Decision Authority.

(e) Service upon the Contract law Division shall be made as follows:

U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20230

FAX: (202) 482-5858

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CAR 1352.233-71 GAO And Court of Federal Claims Protests

(a) A protest may be filed with either the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the Court of Federal Claims unless an agency protest has been filed.

(b) A complete copy of all GAO or Court of Federal Claims protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon (i) the Contracting Officer, and (ii) the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel, within one day of filing a protest with either GAO or the Court of Federal Claims.

(c) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows:

U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20230

FAX: (202) 482-5858

NIST LOCAL CLAUSES

NIST LOCAL-53 Contract Performance During Changes in NIST Operating Status Unless otherwise stated in the contract terms and conditions, normal days of business operation are Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. However, throughout the contract period of performance, there may be circumstances beyond the control of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), that will impact normal days of business operation, such as inclement weather, power outages, etc. In circumstances such as these, the Contractor must call the appropriate NIST campus status line to verify the operating status:

Gaithersburg Campus Operating Status Line:

(301) 975-8000

(800) 437-4385 x8000 (toll free)

Boulder Campus Operating Status Line:

(303) 497-4000

During a lapse in appropriation, access to Government facilities and resources, including equipment and systems, will be limited to excepted personnel for both Federal employees and Contractor personnel. If performance of the contract is onsite and/or requires Government interaction, unless you have been, or are notified that you are to work under an excepted status, you will automatically enter a temporary work stoppage. The work stoppage shall remain in effect until the lapse is resolved and notification is provided via the NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/ and/or the NIST operating status lines. Additionally, Contractors are encouraged to monitor public broadcasts or the Office of Personnel Management’s website at www.opm.gov for the Federal Government operating status.

NIST will provide notification to all contractors that are determined to have excepted status. All excepted contractors are required to continue performance and communicate with the appointed Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for further guidance, or NIST Contracting Officer if a COR is not appointed.

Contractors with supply or service contracts that are fully funded at the time of contract award and do not require access to Government facilities, resources, or active administration by Government personnel in a manner that would cause the government to incur additional obligations during the lapse in appropriation may continue performance.

NIST LOCAL-54 ELECTRONIC BILLING INSTRUCTIONS

NIST requires that Invoice/Voucher submissions are sent electronically via email to

INVOICE@NIST.GOV.

Each Invoice or Voucher submitted shall include the following:

(1) Contract number;

(2) Contractor name and address;

(3) Unique entity identifier (see www.sam.gov for the designated entity for establishing unique entity identifiers);

(4) Date of invoice;

(5) Invoice number;

(6) Amount of invoice and cumulative amount invoiced to-date;

(7) Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN);

(8) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and extended price of supplies/services delivered;

(9) Prompt payment discount terms, if offered; and

(10) Any other information or documentation required by the contract.

NIST LOCAL – 56 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT

REQUESTS FOR EXISTING CONTRACT ACTIONS INVOICING PROCESSING

PLATFORMALTERNATE I (DEC 2022)

Upon written notice from the contracting officer the following supersedes all other instructions for the submission of payment requests. Accordingly, following written notice payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable payment request or invoicing instructions, Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: SEE NIST LOCAL-54 for documentation requirements.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access, and use IPP for submitting payment requests. If not already enrolled, the Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email within three to five business days of the addition of the contract award to IPP. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email:

IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting payment requests, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation. Contact the contracting officer for more information on submitting a waiver request.