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SOLICITATION # FA813224Q0004

FATIGUE TESTING SYSTEMS

TINKER AFB, OK

The Air Force Sustainment Center’s Maintenance Contracting Branch (AFSC/PZIMC, 3001 Staff Dr Ste 2S76, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-3303) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for MTS Systems

Corporation (MTS; Eden Prairie, MN) brand Fatigue Testing Systems. See Section 2 – entitled Supplies and Price – of the Quote Sheet for complete details.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared IAW the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued aside from the one posted here.

This solicitation is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) IAW FAR Part 13, the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Part 213, and the Air Force FAR Supplement (AFFARS) Par 5313. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2023-06, DFARS changes effective 30 October 2023, and DAFFARS Acquisition Circular (AFAC) 2023-0707.

This acquisition is a Full and Open competitive effort.

NAICS Code 334519; Size standard is 600 employees; PSC is 6635

The Non-Manufacturing Rule applies to this acquisition.

QUOTE SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Quotes are due to the point of contact (POC) below by 1 February 2024, 4:00 PM Central Standard Time Cory Rainey-Hedrick, Contract Specialist (Primary POC) Marc Kreienbrink, Contracting Officer (Alternate POC) cory.rainey-hedrick@us.af.mil marc.kreienbrink.1@us.af.mil 405-739-3311 405-739-5799

All quotes must be good for no less than 90 days after the quote submission date above.

SHIPPING INFORMATION

Shipping will be FOB Destination (Tinker AFB, OK 73145) only. Separate charges for shipping/freight will not be allowed. Please work this into your quote’s total price.

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TERMS, CONDITIONS, PROVISIONS, & CLAUSES

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Issuance of award will be based on one evaluation factor: the lowest total price.

BRAND NAME

This is a Brand Name requirement for MTS Systems Corp Fatigue Testing System IAW FAR Subpart 11.105 and the authority found at AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901). We are requesting quotes for the exact item(s) found in the Quote Sheet and the attachments.

Please see Quote Sheet and the attachments for complete details.

Substitute/Equal items are not permitted in quotes for this solicitation. Quotes with Substitute/Equal items will not be eligible for award.

Payment terms will, by default, be Net 30, which means the Government has 30 days to pay you after you submit your invoice. You may offer payment discounts for early payment, but this will not be considered in quote evaluation.

Invoices must be submitted in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) application, which can be found in the Government's Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE; https://piee.eb.mil/). Payment will be made after the invoice is signed in WAWF and after the item is received and accepted by the Government; do not submit invoices until the item has been delivered.

52.204-27 -- Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application As prescribed in 4.2203(c), insert the following clause: Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Covered application means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited.

Information technology, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 11101(6)—

(1) Means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive agency, if the equipment is used by the executive agency directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the executive agency that requires the use—

(i) Of that equipment; or

(ii) Of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product;

(2) Includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources; but

(3) Does not include any equipment acquired by a Federal contractor incidental to a Federal contract.

(b) Prohibition. Section 102 of Division R of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328), the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, and its implementing guidance under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-23-13, dated February 27, 2023, “No TikTok on Government Devices” Implementation Guidance, collectively prohibit the presence or use of a covered application on executive agency information technology, including certain equipment used by Federal contractors. The Contractor is prohibited from having or using a covered application on any information technology owned or managed by the Government, or on any information technology used or provided by the Contractor under this contract, including equipment provided by the Contractor’s employees;

however, this prohibition does not apply if the Contracting Officer provides written notification to the Contractor that an exception has been granted in accordance with OMB Memorandum M-23-13.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts, including https://piee.eb.mil/ subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services

52.212‐1 ‐‐ Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items

ADDENDUM as prescribed in FAR 12.301(b)(1) –

As prescribed in FAR 12.301(b)(1), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

1. Quotes in response to this solicitation must be submitted no later than 1 February 2024 / 4:00 PM CST. Quotes must be submitted via email to Cory Rainey-Hedrick (cc: Marc Kreienbrink). The Government reserves the right to consider late quotes.

2. All price quotations must be submitted on the Quote Sheet (see last pages of this document), which must be filled out completely.

3. Please provide item specification documentation to us. These specifications should be enough information for us to make a determination that each item either fits/does not fit the description of what we’re asking for Shipping will be FOB Destination (Tinker AFB, OK 73145) only.

Separate charges for shipping/freight will not be allowed. Please work this charge into your quote’s total price.

Failure to follow all of these instructions will render you ineligible for award.

52.212‐2 ‐‐ Evaluation – Commercial Items

ADDENDUM as prescribed in FAR 12.301(c) –

As prescribed in FAR 12.301(c), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

1. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror who provides us with the lowest‐priced quote for the items which meet all of the criteria specified in the item description.

2. After closing of this solicitation, the lowest three quotes will be evaluated by Contracting and by the Government’s subject matter experts (SME). Contracting will look for the following:

a. Quote Sheet – Sections 1‐3 (the last two pages of this document) must be filled out completely. Failure to do so may render you ineligible for award.

b. Shipping – it must be FOB Destination, which mean it’s paid through to Tinker AFB, OK 73145 – then you will be ineligible for award; it must be incorporated into the cost of the items, not quoted as a separate line item. Failure to provide us with FOB Destination shipping will render you ineligible for award.

SMEs will review the commercial product literature of the three lowest‐priced quotes – which will have redacted pricing – to determine whether or not the quotes provided for the requested item(s) meet(s)/does not meet the standards in the item description; if the SME determines your quoted item(s) do not satisfy our requirements, you will be ineligible to receive award. The Government reserves the right to request more information from any Offeror about their quoted product(s) during the evaluation process.

3. Contracting will notify the successful Offeror that they will receive the award via email or phone call.

4. Unsuccessful Offerors will not be notified personally but can find the award information online (BetaSAM.gov) within 24 hours of award.

The information posted will be as follows:

a. Contractor/Business Name

b. City and State

c. Contract #

d. Award amount

No other details or debrief will be provided.

52.212‐3 ‐‐ Offeror Representations and Certifications ‐‐ Commercial Items.

The Offerors 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 located at http://www.sam.gov/portal (Only complete and return if there are changes to current SAM Registration. If 52.212-3 is not returned the contractor is affirming that the current SAM registration is current, accurate, and complete). If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision.

52.212-4 -- Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items

52.212‐5 ‐‐ Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders—Commercial Items

Clauses/Provisions IAW FAR 12.30:

52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters http://www.sam.gov/portal

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business subcontractors.

The following clauses within 52.212-5 are included but not limited to:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-37, Employment Reports on 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While

The following DFARS clauses are included but not limited to:

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7003, Agency Office of the Inspector General 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium 252.225-7000, Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7006, Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items 252.247-7022, Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea

All clauses and provisions can be found on the following websites:

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) – https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) – https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DAFFARS) – https://www.acquisition.gov/daffars https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars https://www.acquisition.gov/daffars

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

# OF

ATT # DESCRIPTION DATE PAGES

1 Statement of Work 5 December 2023 10

QUOTE SHEET

Offerors are REQUIRED to return the portion of this CSS below with the completed information and authorized signature. Offerors may also provide their company’s quotation sheet in addition to this response page.

SECTION 1 – CONTRACTOR INFORMATION

Company Name

Address

CAGE Code and UEI

The Government cannot enter into contracts or agreements with contractors not registered in SAM. For registration information, visit the SAM website (https://www.sam.gov/) and follow the instructions in the Quick Start Guide For SAM Registration, which can be found under the Help Tab and User Guides submenu.

Small Business Size

Web Page URL

Point of Contact

POC Phone # and email address

SECTION 2 – SUPPLIES AND PRICE

CLIN

Description/Product

Qty

Unit Price

Total Price

0001 MTS FATIGUE TESTING SYSTEM

MUST CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING

For fatigue testing. This equipment shall be procured from a single commercial manufacturer’s current production year model line. All components, mechanisms and assemblies furnished with the FTS shall comply with applicable requirements of OSHA. It shall be new, unused, and not comprised from any refurbished parts or assemblies as follows:

1. Load Cell Capacity: 250 kilo-Newtons (kN) with self-identification capability, including mounting hardware and tools.

2. Actuator piston rod with extended life hard-face wear coating.

3. Extended height/length columns with Tie Bar.

4. Hydraulic powered crosshead movement.

5. Hydraulic actuator and powered grip controls mounted to front of load frame and include a remote control/pendant with cradle mount.

6. Actuator Power Source: Hydraulic, Anti-Rotation.

7. Must include multipurpose dual hydraulic servo valves for high cycle fatigue testing.

8. Two, Hydraulic collet grips, 250 kN (55 kip) capacity

• Hydraulic action with maximum grip pressure of 45 MPa (6500 psi)

• Temperature range of -40 to 65°C

• Ported for optional water cooling.

• Grip collets capable of accepting 0.5-inch shank diameter specimens

• Attachment kit to ensure compatibility of grips to actuator and load cell

9. Three, 1-inch Axial extensometers for compression, tension, fatigue, creep testing.

Must include both knife edges and three-point attachments for both flat and round specimens, capable of strain measurements from +50% to -10%, including elastic attachment kit, with all necessary cables, connectors, and attachments, with a rigid storage case.

10. Three, 2-inch Axial extensometers for compression, tension, fatigue, creep testing.

Must include both knife edges and three-point attachments for both flat and round specimens, capable of strain measurements from +50% to -10%, including elastic

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11. Crack Opening Displacement (COD) gauge for performing tests to determine KIC, JIC, and crack growth rates. Must be capable of testing a variety of specimens including compact tension, WOL, round compact tension, C-shaped, bend, and other common specimens or panels. Gauge length must be 0.2 in. and capable of traveling +0.100/-

0.050 in. within a temperature range of -150° to +300°F, with all necessary cable, connectors, and attachments. A rigid storage case shall be included.

12. Desktop computer for each test frame with Windows 10 operating system including all requirements listed in section 2.6.

13. Test monitoring data hub with necessary hardware, software, and cables, enabling a remote monitoring computer to see real-time events and performance statistics on a local network using Ethernet cables. It shall enable customizable desktop PC alerts and notifications on a separate PC that will be at a desk that is between 50 to 150 feet distance from the FTS location.

14. Load frame and accessories delivery, setup, testing and commissioning, with on-site calibration of axial displacement, axial force, and displacement/strain of each extensometer.

***Please see the attached Statement of Work for further required specifications.***

REMINDER: MTS Systems Corporation (MTS; Eden Prairie, MN) brand

Fatigue Test System only

TOTAL QUOTE AMOUNT $

Payment Terms / Discount Terms

NET 30 / % In Days After Invoice Submission in WAWF

An example of a payment discount would be 2.5% in 7 days, which means that although we have 30 days to pay you after submission of invoices, we would receive a 2.5% discount if we paid you within 7 days.

Delivery Time

Days after Receipt of Order

CONTRACTOR’S NOTES:

SECTION 3 – CERTIFICATION OF RESPONSE

NAME OF CONTRACTOR’S REPRESENTATIVE TITLE

SIGNATURE DATE

The Offeror is required to sign this document and return a copy to issuing office. By signing and returning this, the Offeror agrees to furnish and deliver all items set forth or otherwise identified above and on any additional sheets subject to the terms, conditions, provisions, clauses, and specifications of the solicitation and award (if received). The Offeror is required to provide commercial product literature for all items quoted above as required/requested.