Eval Criteria FINAL.docx

52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive and responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process.

The technical factors will be evaluated on an “Acceptable” or “Unacceptable” basis. Quotes shall completely and adequately address non-cost/price factor(s) to demonstrate that the Quoter can successfully perform the solicitation technical requirements to be considered “Acceptable” and therefore technically acceptable.

The government may award up to two purchase orders for this requirement. The government will first evaluate quotes in order to identify the lowest-priced quote for the total of CLINS 0001 and 0002 (dipole antennas) and for the total of CLINS 0003 and 0004 (cable sets). Only the lowest price quote will be evaluated for technical acceptability. If found to be technically acceptable; then that quote price will be evaluated for accuracy, completeness, and balance. The remaining technical quotes, if any, shall not be evaluated as to technical acceptability unless the lowest price quoter is found to be technically unacceptable. If the lowest priced quote is found to be technically unacceptable, then the second lowest priced quote (and so on) will be evaluated for technical acceptability.

The evaluation factors that establish the requirements of acceptability are set forth as follows:

1.) The quoter must demonstrate their capability to provide the equipment specified below. All equipment provided must be form, fit, and function identical to the specifications below.

2.) Past Performance. The quoter's past performance will be evaluated to determine the overall quality of the product. Evaluation of Past Performance shall be based on the references provided and/or the quoter's recent and relevant procurement history with NOAA or its affiliates. Quoters must provide a list of NO MORE than three (3) references to whom the same or similar equipment has been provided. The quoter must include the reference's name and contact information. A past performance questionnaire (PPQ) may be sent by the Government to the past performance references if deemed necessary. Data from the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), or any other available source of information, may be used at the Government's discretion to supplement the references provided.

Cable Sets Set of Four (4) 1/2 inch, 50 ohm foam core coax cables; cable must be Commscope FSJ4-50B, HELIAX Superflexible Foam Coaxial Cable, corrugated copper, 1/2 in, black PE jacket or equivalent. (Draka RFF 1/2 inch superflex cable is an acceptable equivalent cable to Commscope FSJ4-50B cable.)

Each cable in the set of four (4) shall be nominally 11 feet long and terminated with Type-N Male connectors on either end. The cable shall be heat shrinked at each connector end with dual wall/ adhesive lined tubing.

All four (4) cables shall be swept with a network analyzer and verified to be phased matched to within 0.7 degrees of each other (1/8 of an inch in length) at a frequency of 162.500 MHz.

The four (4) cables shall be packaged as a set and the set externally labeled as NWS Part number B369-A3-Zerodeg.

Antennas

Antennas must be manufacturer part number: K552921 Broadband 146-174 MHZ, 2 DB gain, 450-watts input power rating, 50 OHM type "n" female connector, w/mounting hardware to affix antenna to customer supplied 2.375 to 4.5 inch OD pipe/mast.