SOLICITATION-LIBRARY INNOVATION LAB MODIX 3D PRINTER (BRAND NAME OR EQUAL).pdf

REQUEST FOR QUOTE

(THIS IS NOT AN ORDER)

1. Purpose

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 using

Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT

BE AVAILABLE. This combined synopsis/solicitation WILL be posted SAM.

THE RFQ number is FA4800-24-Q-A031. This solicitation documents and incorporates clauses provided through the Federal Acquisition Regulation. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at this website: https://www.acquisition.gov/.

The 633d contracting Squadron, 14 Burrell Street, Bldg. 67 Langley AFB, VA requests responses from qualified sources capable of providing BRAND-NAME OR EQUAL

Modix-Big 180X 3D Printer and Ancillary Equipment that is identified in Statement of

Requirement. All items shall be in new condition. This solicitation is set-aside for a small business.

Please review the Statement of Requirement that corresponds to this combined synopsis/solicitation, which will be posted alongside this document.

Important Information:

Required Deliver Date (RDD): 30 days ARO

NAICS: 334118

PSC: 3610

Shipping term shall be FOB Destination; therefore, quote SHALL include shipping cost.

System for Award Management (SAM). Quoting vendors must be registered in the SAM database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed on-line at http://sam.gov/.

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Delivery Summary

0001 Modix Big-180X V4

1 ea

0002 Closed ACP Enclosure 1 ea

0003 Casters 4 ea

0004 Hiwin Rails for Z-axis 1 ea

0005 Spool Shelf Included 1 ea

0006 Clog Detector

1 ea

0007 Crash Detector 1 ea

0008 Griffin Extruder 1 ea

0009 PT-1000 High-Temp Sensor 1 ea

0010 1X IDEX 1 ea

0011 Griffin High Flow hotend 1 ea

0012 Spare PEI sheet 1 ea

0013 Active Air Flter 1 hr

0014 Spare filter set 1 ea

0015 Extended Warranty (Second year) 1 ea

0016 Removable Magnetic Bed for 180X 1 ea

0017 Spare hotend 1 ea

0018 Tilt Screen & Emergency 1 ea

Spare Brass nozzles – pack of 5

(0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2mm)

1 ea

Volcano Nozzle-X pack with 3 nozzles

(0.4/0.6/0.8mm)

1 ea

0021 Professional Services 1 ea

Basic spare parts kit / Advanced spare parts kit

1 ea

0023 Build plate no less than 70.8x23.6x23.6” 1 ea

Brand Name or Equivalent

Brand name is being used to convey the general style, type, character and quality of the article desired. Unless otherwise provided in this RFQ the name of a certain brand, make or manufacturer does not restrict bidders to the specific brand or manufacturer named. Any article which the federal government, in its sole discretion, determines to be the equivalent of that specified, considering quality, workmanship, economy of operation and suitability for the purpose intended, will be considered.

Warranty

Provide standard commercial warranty where applicable at no additional cost. Price warranty for second year if available.

Authorized Resellers

The contractor may procure directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or utilize other legitimate distribution channels to provide the required acquisition in accordance with the

OEM’s policies on reselling. Any contractor’s channel relationships with their OEM partners

(gold, silver, etc.) will be represented in the best pricing offered. If the contractor is not an OEM reseller, the contractor shall clearly identify this on the submitted proposal and list the OEM resell partner’s registered relationship with the OEM. Contracting Officers (COs) may restrict the use of authorized resellers, specific OEMs, or identify required OEMs. The contractor shall ensure all products/services are genuine and eligible for any OEM warranties, maintenance agreements, and licensing as offered. Genuine products are those products the OEM, by their policy, considers not

“secondary”, destroyed, stolen, or scrapped.

Expected Delivery

The expected delivery date is 30 days ARO

Delivery Location

All deliveries shall be conducted during hours as coordinated with an on-site representative. The on-site representative will ensure the Contractor employees and subcontractors have access to the site five days a week, 0800 to 1600, as a minimum, excluding US Federal holidays cited within the SOR.

Physical Address: Bateman Library, 42 Ash Ave, Langley AFB, VA 23665

Instructions to Contractors:

This will be a firm-fixed priced contract. This solicitation is being issued on a competitive basis. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of quote, the contractor must follow the instructions contained herein. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offeror being ineligible for award.

IMPORTANT NOTE/PRICE SUBMITTAL:

In response to this solicitation, Vendors must submit a dated quote on company letterhead with unit price, extended price, and descriptions for ALL of the CLIN(s) shown in the table listed in the table enclosed in this document, titled, “Delivery Summary”. Without taking any exception to the requirements of this RFQ and its terms and conditions, the vendor adheres to all solicitation requirements. Vendors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. Vendor shall submit manufacturer’s product spec sheet with pricing, the product sheet should be specific, detailing performance and physical properties. This is to be provided for both brand name or equal pricing, Responses for this solicitation are due at May 28, 2024 by 4:00 PM EST. Email quotes with product specification sheet(s) as outlined above to antonio.palmer@us.af.mil

Interested parties capable of providing the requirement must submit a written quote to include discount terms, tax identification number, cage code, and DUNS.

To be eligible to receive an award resulting from this RFQ, contractors must be registered in the DoD Systems for Award Management database, no exceptions. To register, please visit http://www.sam.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220.

Basis of Award

IMPORTANT NOTE/AWARD

The basis for award will be based on lowest price technically acceptable. For quotes determined technically acceptable, a best value selection will be based on price. Following the award of the contract, the government funds only the base year initially, using FAR

52.232-18, future funding is contingent on the availability of funds and other factors.

Technical Acceptability: The contractor will be determined technically acceptable if the contractor:

Meets all minimum requirements and takes no exception to the requirements of this RFQ mailto:antonio.palmer@us.af.mil 1180891613C Highlight

Quotes will be rated Acceptable (clearly meets minimum requirements) or Unacceptable (does not clearly meet minimum requirements).

Price: The Government may use any of the following price analysis techniques IAW FAR

13.106(a) to determine price reasonableness: Price will be evaluated for reasonableness based on

FAR 13.106-3 competitive quotes, comparison with similar items in a related industry, comparison to an independent Government estimate, or any other reasonable basis.

Quotes will not be considered non-responsive if submittals are not included with quote.

8.0 Contract Terms and Conditions

The following provisions and clauses apply:

By reference:

Clause Description Eff Date

52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel JAN 2011

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract

Awards

JUN 2020

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018

52.232-18 Availability of Funds FEB 2024

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award

Management

OCT 2018

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials SEP 2011

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights SEP 2013

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident

Reporting

DEC 2019

252.223-7006 Prohibition On Storage And Disposal Of Toxic And Hazardous

Materials

SEP 2014

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving

Reports

DEC 2018

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DEC 2006

252.243-7001 Pricing Of Contract Modifications DEC 1991

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items and Commercial Components OCT 2020

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference.

As prescribed in 52.107(b), insert the following clause:

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

www.acquisition.gov

(End of clause)

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman

As prescribed in 5301.9103, insert the following clause:

OMBUDSMAN (OCT 2019)

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Lt Col Aaron Judge, 757-764-5372, aaron.judge@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the

Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary

(ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

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252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions.

As prescribed in 232.7004 (b), use the following clause:

WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (DEC 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic

Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall--

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award

Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this Web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF

Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via Web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s).

Invoice and Receiving Report (Combo)

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

52.213-1 is included in the contract.

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data

Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC F87700

Issue By DoDAAC FA4800

Admin DoDAAC FA4800

Inspect By DoDAAC XXXXXX

Ship To Code XXXXXX

Ship From Code Not applicable.

Mark For Code Not applicable.

Service Approver (DoDAAC) XXXXXX.

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) XXXXXX

Accept at Other DoDAAC Not applicable.

LPO DoDAAC Not applicable.

DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Not applicable.

Other DoDAAC(s) Not applicable.

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact.

(CA email address), (RA email address)

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

Provisions by reference:

Provision Description Eff Date

52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2018

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items JUL 2021

252.203-

Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD

Officials

NOV 2011

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference.

As prescribed in 52.107(a), insert the following provision:

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

www.acquisition.gov

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