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MarEcon System Upgrade BRAND NAME ONLY 1333ND26QNB680535_2

(I) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

(II) The solicitation number is 1333ND26QNB680535-2 and this solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ), BRAND NAME ONLY

(III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through RFO, supplemented by U.S Department of Commerce Acquisition Policy.

(IV) The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. This is being competed as full and open competition after brand name Exclusion (BRAND NAME ONLY)

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

(VI) The requirements for the line items to be acquired above are in the attached Statement of Work document.

(VII) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point are required in accordance with the attached Statement of Work document.

(VIII) Quoters/Contractors must possess an ACTIVE registration in the System for Award Management system, www.SAM.gov, when submitting a quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. The Contracting Officer shall confirm that quoters have an “active” registration at the www.sam.gov website upon receipt of the quotation. If the SAM.gov registration is not active, the quotation will not be considered for award.

(IX) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION Jan 2026), applies to this acquisition. See Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 below.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION Jan 2026):

DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS

Quoters shall submit their electronic quotations, via email, so that NIST receives them not later than 4:00pm Eastern Time, 09/08/26. E-mail quotations shall be submitted directly to the Contract Specialist at ranae.armstrong@nist.gov with a copy to the Contracting Officer at Donald.collie@nist.gov.

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

INQUIRIES:

Quoters must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to both the Contract Specialist Ranae Armstrong (ranae.armstrong@nist.gov) and the Contracting Officer, Don Collie (Donald.collie@nist.gov). Questions should be received no later than 09/03/26, 12:00pm ET. All responses to timely submitted 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 responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will be deemed as the Government’s formal response and govern performance of the contract.

QUOTATION PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

All quotations shall conform to solicitation provisions/clauses and be prepared in accordance with this section. The quotation shall be clearly and concisely written as well as be neat and logically assembled. All pages of the quotation shall be appropriately numbered.

The Quoter’s quotation shall be clearly divided into the following distinct volumes:

Volume I – Technical Quotation Volume II – Price Quotation Volume III- Terms and Conditions

Volume I - Technical Quotation:

The Quoter shall submit one (1) copy of their technical quotation, electronically, via E-mail to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer identified above. The technical quotation shall address the following:

Technical Capability:

a) Technical description and/or product literature. Quoters shall include the manufacturer, make and model of the product, manufacturer sales literature, or other product literature that CLEARLY DOCUMENTS that the quoted products meet or exceed all specifications outlined in the Statement of Work/ Specifications document. The quoter is responsible for ensuring the submitted documentation clearly addresses all specifications and requirements.

b) Country of origin of all manufactured end products quoted

c) If applicable, evidence that he quoter is authorized by the manufacturer to sell the item(s) in the quotation.

d) Confirmation of the quoter’s ability to meet the required delivery terms.

e) Confirmation of the quoter’s ability to meet any applicable installation, training, and/or warranty requirements.

Volume II - Price Quotation:

The quoter shall submit one (1) copy of their entire quotation, electronically, via E-mail to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer identified above. The price quotation shall address, at minimum, the following information.

a) The solicitation number

b) The name, phone number, and email address of the quoter's/contractor’s point of contact;

c) Unique Entity Identifier # for quoter's/contractor’s active SAM.Gov registration.

d) A firm fixed price for each required line item, including a unit price and total amount where applicable, and the aggregate quoted firm fixed price for the requirement. Where the Government has identified a line item as requiring a Not to Exceed price, quoters shall comply with this.

e) Shipping and Delivery costs must be included in the quotation either as a separate line item or contained in the total price of the quote. The quotation shall include a total firm fixed price for the requirement that includes all shipping/delivery costs

f) Any applicable discount terms.

Volume III – Terms and Conditions:

The quoter shall review the provision and clauses attachment and complete any required information as record via a separate volume response to this solicitation.

Note: System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in this solicitation. Contracting officers will rely on representations from offers based on provisions in the solicitation. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions:

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 quotation 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 (PO).

Note: This procurement is being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program.

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION Jan 2026)

(a) Evaluation factors, Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Basis of Award.

Award shall be made to the responsible offeror who: (1) Meets all required technical specifications as determined by a review of documentation submitted in accordance with this solicitation. Offerors shall include the sales literature or other literature which CLEARLY DOCUMENTS that the offered products and services meets the specifications stated herein; and (2) proposes a reasonable price.

Technical Capability: Evaluation of technical capability shall be based on the information provided in the proposal. NIST will evaluate whether the offeror has demonstrated that its proposed products and services meet all minimum requirements. Quotes that do not demonstrate the proposed products meet all requirements will not be considered further for award. If an offeror does not indicate whether its proposed products meets a certain minimum requirement, NIST will determine that it does not.

Price: The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness