N62645-18-R-0007.docx

N6264518R0007

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is N6264518R0007. The solicitation is issued as a request for proposals (RFP). Provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95 are incorporated. It is the contractor’s responsibility to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/ and http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. The NAICS code is 334516. The requirement will be fulfilled via an unrestricted, full and open competitive acquisition.

This RFP is on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD) Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP).The requirement is for false bottom tubes for high speed immunochemistry screening analyzer systems.

Proposal Submission

Proposals are due no later than 02 February 2018 by 02:00 PM Local Time. Proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the Addendum to 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors.

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

1. Contract Administration

(a) The name, address and telephone number of the Contract Specialist responsible for administering this contract is:

Naval Medical Logistics Command Dominica Gay 693 Neiman Street Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702

(301) 619-9333 Email: dominica.a.gay.civ@mail.mil

(b) Unless otherwise stated herein, any correspondence or discussion regarding this contract will be directed to the Contract Specialist in (a) above.

2. Invoicing Instructions.

See 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions.

3. Designation of Ordering Activities

The following requiring activities and their ordering office are hereby named to place delivery orders.

Navy Drug Screening Laboratory 2500 Rodgers Street, Bldg 5501 Great Lakes, IL 60088-2952 Same as Requiring Activity

Navy Drug Screening Laboratory Building H-2033 Adams Avenue Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL 32212-5000 Same as Requiring Activity

Headquarters Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory 2480 Ladd Street, Building 3750 Lackland Air Force Base, TX 78236

Same as Requiring Activity

Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) 115 Purple Heart Drive Dover Air Force Base, DE 19902 Same as Requiring Activity

The activities’ ordering office is responsible for issuing and administering any orders placed hereunder. Ordering officers have no authority to modify any provision of the basic contract. Any deviations from the terms of the basic contract must be submitted and approved by the Contracting Officer for contractual action.

4. Ordering

The contract hereby authorizes requiring/ordering activities to place delivery orders. The contract hereby authorizes requiring/ordering activities to place delivery orders via SF 1449, DD Form 1155, or other locally approved form signed by a contracting officer or an ordering officer using the government purchase card or Wide Area Workflow for payment methods.

5. Content of Delivery Orders

Delivery orders shall contain the following "minimum" information:

1. Date of order.

2. Contract number and order number.

3. Item number and description, quantity, and unit price.

4. Delivery date and place of delivery.

5. Accounting and appropriation data.

7. Payment office address.

8. Invoicing instructions with Point of Contact Information.

Ordering activities are required to provide a copy of each delivery order via email to the Contract Specialist listed in paragraph (a) above. (SUBJECT: Contract Number & Delivery Order Number).

6. Reports

The contractor shall provide an electronic monthly report of sales within seven calendar days after the close of each month’s sales. Reports, in Microsoft Excel, shall be emailed to the contrat specialist listed in paragraph (a) above. (SUBJECT: Contract Number).

Reports shall contain the following information:

1. Date of order.

2. Contract number and delivery order number.

3. Item number, description, quantity, and unit price.

4. Total Amount.

5. Delivery date and place of delivery.

6. Payment method.

7. Communications

(a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) below, no order, statement, or conduct of Government personnel who visit the contractor's facility or in any other manner communicate with contractor personnel during the performance of this contract shall constitute a change under the "Changes" clause of this contract.

(b) The contractor shall not comply with any order, direction or request of Government personnel unless it is issued in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer, or is pursuant to specific authority otherwise included as a part of this contract.

(c) The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to approve changes in any of the requirements of this contract and, notwithstanding provisions contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely the Contracting Officer's. In the event the contractor effects any change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in charges incurred as a result thereof.

CONTRACTOR SUPPORT

Notice: Navy Use of Support Contractor For Contract Closeout Functions

Naval Medical Logistics Command (NMLC) uses two private contractors in support of the contract closeout process. Those companies are Contracting Resources Group (CRG) of Federal Hill, MD, doing business under the authority of the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program and the Ability One Program, doing business under the authority of the Javits-Wagner O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. § 47).

The contract closeout process includes activities such as processing deobligation modifications, obtaining contractor and requiring activity concurrence, preparing the DD-Form 1594 (Contract Completion Statement), and preparing closed files for archiving. Support contractors may perform additional administrative duties, including filing and processing simple administrative modifications. Performing these functions require the contractor employees to have access to the contract file. Therefore, information you provide to the Government or information already in the possession of the Government may be viewed by these support contractors in the course of performing contract close-out functions. The information that may be made available to the contractor may include pricing and technical proposals and performance information.

NMLC has signed Non-Disclosure Agreements with each support contractor employee and has required both contractors to provide a Conflict of interest Mitigation Plan to ensure these employees are firewalled from all business development activity.

By submission of a proposal in response to the solicitation, the awardee and its subcontractors consent to access of their business sensitive/confidential or proprietary data by the Government’s support contractor personnel in order to perform close out services.

STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS

1.1. The contractor shall supply false bottom tubes for use with the currently-installed Beckman Coulter AU5800 series clinical chemistry analyzers at the Department of Defense (DoD) Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratories (FTDTLs). The false bottom tubes shall not impose additional maintenance, servicing, or calibration requirements on the analyzer.

1.2. The contractor shall conform to the highest manufacturing standards to ensure that the false bottom tubes are consistently manufactured to the same specifications. The false bottom tubes provided by the contractor shall be the same product that is evaluated during the solicitation process.

2. Essential Characteristics

2.1. The tube shall be a ‘false bottom’ tube which allows the liquid to remain in the upper portion of the tube and shall be able to contain five milliliters of liquid.

2.2. The tube shall be manufactured using polypropylene and shall be translucent to allow for observation of the liquid levels.

2.3. The dimensions shall be 16mm width and 95-100mm length.

2.4. The tube shall be suitable for direct sample analysis and include a conical false bottom.

2.5. The tube shall have a rounded base to facilitate removal from the testing racks.

2.6. The tube shall be suitable for use with the Beckman Coulter AU5800 series clinical chemistry analyzers and shall fit into the testing racks after placement of a vertical label for specimen identification. The current testing racks in use at the laboratories are Beckman Coulter part numbers MU809200, MU809400, and MU809500.

FALSE BOTTOM TUBES

FFP

The requirement is for false bottom tubes for high speed immunochemistry screening analyzer systems. The false bottom tubes shall be compatible with the currently installed Beckman Coulter AU5800 series clinical chemistry analyzers at locations identified in the Contract Administration section of this contract and specific locations will be identified in task orders awarded againgst this contract.

FOB: Destination

PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: N6264517RC3D004

ESTIMATED

NET AMT

FFP

The requirement is for false bottom tubes for high speed immunochemistry screening analyzer systems. The false bottom tubes shall be compatible with the currently installed Beckman Coulter AU5800 series clinical chemistry analyzers at locations identified in the Contract Administration section of this contract and specific locations will be identified in task orders awarded againgst this contract.

NET AMT

FFP

The requirement is for false bottom tubes for high speed immunochemistry screening analyzer systems. The false bottom tubes shall be compatible with the currently installed Beckman Coulter AU5800 series clinical chemistry analyzers at locations identified in the Contract Administration section of this contract and specific locations will be identified in task orders awarded againgst this contract.

ESTIMATED

FFP

The requirement is for false bottom tubes for high speed immunochemistry screening analyzer systems. The false bottom tubes shall be compatible with the currently installed Beckman Coulter AU5800 series clinical chemistry analyzers at locations identified in the Contract Administration section of this contract and specific locations will be identified in task orders awarded againgst this contract.

ESTIMATED

FFP

The requirement is for false bottom tubes for high speed immunochemistry screening analyzer systems. The false bottom tubes shall be compatible with the currently installed Beckman Coulter AU5800 series clinical chemistry analyzers at locations identified in the Contract Administration section of this contract and specific locations will be identified in task orders awarded againgst this contract.

ESTIMATED

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

DELIVERY INFORMATION

20-MAY-2019

SEE DO/TO

SEE DELIVERY/TASK ORDERS

FOR SHIP TO/ PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

SEE DO/TO MD

SEE ORDER

N62645

20-MAY-2020

N62645

20-MAY-2021

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20-MAY-2022

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20-MAY-2023

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ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1

Addendum to 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors

In addition to the guidance included in FAR Provision 52.212-1 entitled “Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items,” the following are applicable for the preparation and submission of proposals.

Proposal Content and Instructions for Preparation of Proposals.

Instructions for preparation of proposals. This section specifies the format and content that offerors shall use in this Request for Proposal (RFP). The intent is not to restrict the offerors in the manner in which they will perform their work but rather to ensure a certain degree of uniformity in the format of the responses for evaluation purposes. Offerors must submit a proposal that is legible and comprehensive enough to provide the basis for a sound evaluation by the Government. Information provided should be precise, factual, and complete. Legibility, clarity, completeness, and responsiveness are of the utmost importance. Proposals shall be in the form prescribed by, and shall contain a response to, each of the areas identified in the Addendum to 52.212-1. Any proposal that does not provide, as a minimum, that which is required in this solicitation may be determined to be substantially incomplete and not warrant any further consideration. The Government shall award a contract to the responsible offeror whose offer will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The proposal shall be submitted in four separate volumes:

Volume I* – Technical Approach;

Volume II* – Past Performance; and Volume III*-- Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan.

Volume IV – Business Proposal.

*No pricing information shall be included in Volumes I, II or III.

Four separate and complete volumes (listed above) shall be submitted by the closing date specified in this solicitation. If any one proposal volume is received past the stated closing date specified in this solicitation, the entire proposal will be considered late. No further consideration will be given to any offeror who submits any of these volumes late in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f).

1. Volume I: Technical Approach. Technical Approach Proposals shall not include any pricing information. In accordance with file submission requirements given in this section, the offeror shall submit the following:

1.1. The offeror shall provide sufficient technical documentation (including but not limited to: product literature, specifications) demonstrating the offeror’s ability to meet the Statement of Requirements and to allow for thorough evaluation of proposal.

1.2. The offeror shall provide the information specified in 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items, Volume I: Technical Approach Proposal, Evaluation Factor A: Product Information. If required, all tubes for the Government evaluation test shall be provided at no cost to the Government. See 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items, Volume I: Technical Approach Proposal, Evaluation Factor B: Performance Test – Minimum Requirements and Factor C: Performance Test-Enhancing Factors for instructions regarding submittal of tubes. Tubes shall NOT be sent to Naval Medical Logistics Command.

Page limit for Volume I – Technical Approach Proposal: not to exceed 5 pages (excluding a Cover Sheet and Table of Contents). Any information submitted that is in excess of the page limit shall not be considered as part of the proposal.

2. Volume II: Past Performance. Past Performance Proposals shall not include any pricing information. In accordance with file submission requirements given in this section, the offeror shall submit the following:

2.1. The offeror shall describe its past performance on up to three contracts it has held within the last five years that are for the same or similar tubes to that which is detailed in this solicitation, or affirmatively state the offeror possesses no relevant past performance directly related to or similar past performance. Descriptions of contracts in excess of the stated limited of three will not be evaluated. Offerors who present similar contracts shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the contracts to the requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to contact any references.

2.2. The offeror shall provide the following information regarding its past performance:

2.2.1. Contract number(s), award date, dates of performance and location(s) of performance.

2.2.2. Name, phone number, and email address of a validated point of contact at the federal, state, local government or commercial entity for which the contract was performed. Offeror shall verify the validity of the contact information provided.

2.2.3. Dollar value of the contract.

2.2.4. Description of the tubes provided under the contract.

2.2.5. The number, type, and severity of any quality or delivery problems in performing the contract, the corrective action taken and the effectiveness of the corrective action (if applicable).

2.2.6. Provide information regarding compliance with established delivery schedules and ability to provide timely replacement tubes due to recall or return.

2.2.7. Any other relevant information.

2.2.8. Answer “Has the POC agreed to be to be contacted as a reference?”

2.3. The government reserves the right to consider other past performance information at its disposal, in addition to any information obtained from the references provided above. The government is likely to randomly select references provided for contact and does not commit to contact every reference.

Page limit for Volume II – Past Performance Proposal: not to exceed six pages (two pages per past performance reference) (excluding a Cover Sheet and Table of Contents). Any information submitted that is in excess of the page limit shall not be considered as part of the proposal.

3. Volume III: Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan. Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan shall not include any pricing information. In accordance with file submission requirements given in this section, the offeror shall submit the following:

3.1. All offerors are required to submit a small business participation plan (SBPP). If applicable (for other than small business concern offerors under the assigned NAICS code herein), the offeror shall submit a subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR Clause 52.219-9 and DFARS Clause 252.219-7003 (for reference see FAR 19.704 and DFARS 219.704). The subcontracting plan requirement is not applicable to small business concerns qualified as such under the NAICS code assigned to this solicitation. Master subcontracting plans can be included as an appendix to the subcontracting plan.

3.2. The Contracting officer will review the SBPP and subcontracting plan for acceptability. If an offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting plan acceptable to the Contracting Officer within the time limit prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award. If the offeror believes there are no subcontracting possibilities, the offeror shall submit documentation sufficient to support its position.

4. Volume IV: Business Proposal. In accordance with file submission requirements given in this section, the offeror shall submit the following:

4.1. Offerors shall propose a Catalog Number in Attachment 1: Pricing Sheet.

4.2. Offerors shall propose a price per tube based on the estimated number of tests for CLINs 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001in Attachment 1: Pricing Sheet.

4.3. Offerors shall state the total number of tubes per case proposed for CLINs 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001 in Attachment 1: Pricing Sheet.

4.4. Offerors shall provide a price per case based on the estimated number of tubes proposed for CLINs 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001 in Attachment 1: Pricing Sheet.

4.6. Offerors shall provide the number of cases proposed for CLINs 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001 in Attachment 1: Pricing Sheet.

4.7. Offerors shall provide a total price per CLINs 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001in Attachment 1: Pricing Sheet.

4.8. Offerors shall provide a total price including all CLINs in Attachment 1: Pricing Sheet.

4.9. Offerors shall provide an order and delivery schedule. The proposed schedule shall include Order Dates (latest date order can be placed) and Order Delivery Dates (date orders will be delivered).

4.10. Offerors shall provide the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) number, if the items are on FSS.

4.11. Offeror shall provide:

Complete company name and address:

Company Point of Contact:

Email Address:

Phone number:

Tax Identification Number (TIN):

CAGE Code:

DUNS number:

4.12. The offeror must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) in accordance with FAR 52.204-7 and FAR 52.204-13. The offeror shall verify its SAM record is current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation as of the date of this offer and is incorporated in this offer by reference. The offeror shall complete the SAM Certification Sheet (Refer to Attachment 2).

4.13. The offeror shall complete and submit FAR Clause 52.209-11 [Representation By Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016)].

4.14. The offeror shall include a statement with the offerors Volume IV: Business Proposal acknowledging the combined synopsis/solicitation and all amendments issued under this combined synopsis/solicitation.

4.15. ***The offeror shall include a statement in their Volume IV: Business Proposal acknowledging their understanding that the price per tube is requested for evaluation purposes only and that the contract will reference prices per case only.***

Page limit for Volume IV – Business Proposal: There is NO page limit for Volume IV – Business Proposal.

5. File Submission.

5.1 Offerors are invited to submit a proposal in accordance with Instructions to Offerors, to arrive electronically through the AMRDEC SAFE website no later than the proposal due date for this solicitation. The Government does not authorize submission of telegraphic, facsimile, paper or CDROM offers via hand carry or mail carrier for this solicitation.

All proposals submitted in response to this solicitation will be submitted electronically via the AMRDEC SAFE website. No paper copies or electronic copies submitted outside of the SAFE website (i.e., emailed directly to the contract specialist or other NMLC email inbox) will be accepted.

Submitting your proposal:

The AMRDEC SAFE application is used to send large files to individuals which would normally be too large to send via email. There are no user accounts for SAFE - authentication is handled via email and Civilian Access Card (CAC). The application is available for use by offerors.

The AMRDEC SAFE application can be accessed via https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe.

Offerors shall proceed as “Non- CAC Users” under all circumstances.

After selecting the “Non- CAC Users” option above, the page will be redirected to the package upload form. Fill in all the required input fields (field names are in italics):

Personal Information:

Your Name - Your name, Your Company Name.

Your Email address - Your email address.

Confirm Your Email Address - Re-enter your email address.

File Information:

Description of File(s) - Enter a description for the package;

File(s) - Click the "Browse" button to select your file(s). You may add up to 25 files per package, so long as the total file size does not exceed 2GB. The total file size is the combined file size of all submitted files.

Deletion Date – Leave this date at the default setting of two weeks (14 days) from the submission date.

Recipient Information:

Manually Enter Email Address: Input kathryn.s.brown12.civ@mail.mil and hit the add button. (To remove a recipient, highlight their name and click the "Remove" button.)

Email Settings:

Check all four of the boxes:

To the right of “Email Settings” is a nondescript box with two options (None or FOUO). Select the FOUO option and select “sensitive” from the dropdown menu below.

Review all fields for accuracy and hit the ‘submit” button. Clicking the "Submit" button will upload the files and submit the package. Guest users will need to check their email to verify their email address before the recipients will be notified. After the package has been uploaded, the Government will receive a link to the package download page as well as a password. These passwords are unique for each recipient (not the package), and will be disabled once SAFE detects that the user successfully downloaded each file within the package.

Once the offeror has submitted their proposal, they shall send a confirmation email to Kathryn.s.brown12.civ@mail.mil and provide their company name and contact information as well stating that they have submitted a complete proposal to SAFE in response to solicitation N6264518R0007. Submission of proposals is a onetime affair (unless in unusual circumstances multiple SAFE submissions are required because an offeror exceeded the 25 file limit per SAFE submission.). Additional documents will not be accepted after receipt of the confirmation email from the offeror to the mail to: kathryn.s.brown12civ@mail.mil inbox that confirms successful submission of the proposal.

Any data previously submitted in response to another solicitation, whether submitted to the Naval Medical Logistics Command or another agency, should be assumed to be unavailable during this proposal evaluation and source selection process. Proposal data shall not be incorporated into the proposal by referring to another proposal or other source.

The Government reserves the right to request additional information after receipt of Offeror’s response to the RFP. The proposal shall be valid for not less than 180 calendar days from the proposal due date. The Offeror shall make a clear statement that the proposal is valid until such date in Volume I.

Offerors are cautioned that in order for their proposal to be eligible for award, the proposal shall be in compliance with all of the terms and conditions set forth in the RFP.

5.1.1. Files shall be in Microsoft Office for Windows format (2007 or 1997-2003), either .doc or .docx file and/or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf file), with one (1) inch margins all around, Times New Roman font of not less than ten (10) point font size.

5.1.2. Each volume shall contain the following items in addition to the technical/descriptive data required by this Request for Proposal (RFP):

5.1.2.1. Cover sheet which indicates RFP Number, Name and Address of Offeror.

5.1.2.2. Table of contents which provides sufficient detail as to allow the important elements to be easily located.

5.1.2.3. Each page of each document shall have a footer indicating the name of the offeror, “page X of Y,” and the following legend “Source Selection Information: See FAR Part 3.104.”

Any data previously submitted in response to another solicitation, whether submitted to the Naval Medical Logistics Command or another agency, should be assumed to be unavailable during this proposal evaluation and source selection process. Proposal data shall not be incorporated into the proposal by referring to another proposal or other source.

The Government reserves the right to request additional information after receipt of Offeror’s response to the RFP. The proposal shall be valid for not less than 180 calendar days from the proposal due date. The Offeror shall make a clear statement that the proposal is valid until such date in Volume I.

Offerors are cautioned that in order for their proposal to be eligible for award, the proposal shall be in compliance with all of the terms and conditions set forth in the RFP.

5.1.1. Files shall be in Microsoft Office for Windows format (2007 or 1997-2003), either .doc or .docx file and/or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf file), with one (1) inch margins all around, Times New Roman font of not less than ten (10) point font size.

5.1.2. Each volume shall contain the following items in addition to the technical/descriptive data required by this Request for Proposal (RFP):

5.1.2.1. Cover sheet which indicates RFP Number, Name and Address of Offeror.

5.1.2.2. Table of contents which provides sufficient detail as to allow the important elements to be easily located.

5.1.2.3. Each page of each document shall have a footer indicating the name of the offeror, “page X of Y,” and the following legend “Source Selection Information: See FAR Part 3.104.”

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52.209-11 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A

FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW (FEB 2016)

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that--

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that--

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability; and

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(End of provision)

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

The proposals will be evaluated under the following factors:

Volume I: Technical Approach Proposal

Evaluation Factor A: Product Information Evaluation Factor B: Performance Test – Minimum Requirements Evaluation Factor C: Performance Test – Enhancing Factors

Volume II: Past Performance Proposal

Evaluation Factor D: Past Performance

Volume III: Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan Proposal

Evaluation Factor E: Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan Volume

Volume IV: Business Proposal

Evaluation Factor F: Price

Relative Importance of Factors. The relative importance of each factor is as follows:

Evaluation Factor A will be evaluated individually on a pass/fail basis. If an offeror's technical proposal is judged to have failed under Evaluation Factor A, either initially or following discussions if they are conducted, the firm's offer will receive no further consideration for award unless there are no other technically compliant proposals. If an offeror’s technical proposal is judged to have passed Evaluation Factor A, then the offeror will subsequently be notified of Evaluation Factor B, the performance test of their false bottom tube, to determine compliance. If an offeror’s technical proposal is judged to have failed under Evaluation Factor B, the firm’s offer will receive no further consideration for award unless there are no other technically compliant proposals. If an offeror is judged to have passed Evaluation Factor B minimum requirements, then the firm’s offer will be further evaluated on a tradeoff basis taking into consideration Evaluation Factors C-F. In doing so, Factor C, Performance Test will be more important than Factor D, Past Performance, and Factor E, Small Business Participation Plan And Subcontracting Plan. The combination of Evaluation Factors C, D, and E will be more important than F, Price.

Volume I: Technical Approach Proposal

Evaluation Factor A: Product Information. The offeror must provide documentation containing complete, accurate, and verifiable information regarding the following minimum requirements as outlined in paragraph 2. and its subparagraphs of the Statement of Requirements.

Evaluation Factor B: Performance Test – Minimum Requirements. If the offeror passes Factor A, the Government shall conduct an evaluation of the vendor’s false bottom tube at one of the DoD military drug screening laboratories located within the continental United States (CONUS). The test shall be conducted in accordance with the established protocol cited below in the Performance Test Section. Upon request, the offeror shall ship 100 false bottom tubes, at no cost to the Government, to one of the DoD military drug-screening laboratories located within the continental United States (CONUS).

Performance Test – Minimum Requirements

1. The false bottom tubes will be labeled and placed in the testing racks (Beckman Coulter part numbers MU809200, MU809400, and MU809500).

1.1. The minimum requirement is met if 100% of the false bottom tubes fit in the testing racks and 100% of the labels remain on the tubes following removal from the testing rack.

2. Replicate false bottom tubes will be filled with a calibrator solution containing 11-nor-delta-9-THC-carboxylic acid (THC). The false bottom tubes will be incubated at room temperature overnight and will be compared to fresh calibrator solution using gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) to evaluate the adsorptive loss of THC.

2.1 The minimum requirement is met if the calibrators that were incubated overnight in the false bottom tubes quantitate within 20% of the fresh calibrator solution (average of all respective results).

Evaluation Factor C: Performance Test – Enhancing Factors. False bottom tubes meeting the minimum requirements of the Performance Test will be then evaluated on the following factors:

1. The tubes shall be ranked by the level of adsorptive loss (as demonstrated in Minimum requirement 2.). The tube with the least amount of adsorptive loss shall be given preference.

2. Ease of removal from the testing rack.

Volume II: Past Performance Proposal

Evaluation Factor D - Past Performance. The Past Performance evaluation will result in an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. The Government is likely to randomly select references provided for contact and does not commit to contact every reference.

The Government will evaluate past performance for (a) Relevancy: how pertinent a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the effort to be acquired through the source selection; (b) Quality; and (c) Responsiveness: vendor's compliance with established delivery schedules and ability to provide timely replacement reagents due to recall or return.

The Government reserves the right to utilize other information not provided by the vendor and will evaluate information readily available. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure names and phone numbers of points of contact are verified and accurate. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv)). The offeror will receive a neutral rating.

Volume III: Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan Proposal

Evaluation Factor E: Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan. All offerors (both large and small businesses) will be evaluated on the level of small business commitment that they are demonstrating for the proposed acquisition, and their level of commitment to utilizing small businesses in performance of prior contracts.

The small business participation plan factor will be evaluated against the requirements in “ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS”, on an “Acceptable (Pass)” or “Unacceptable (Fail)” basis and one of these ratings will be assigned accordingly.

The following shall evidence small business participation:

The Department of Defense (DOD) has established small business goals as an assistance to assure small business receives a fair proportion of DOD awards. The goals for this procurement are as follows:

Small Business: {30%} of the total *contract value;

Small Disadvantaged Business: {5.0%} of the total contract value;

Woman-Owned Small Business: {5.0%} of the total contract value;

Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Business: {3.0%} of the total contract value; Veteran Owned Small Business: {3.0%} of the total contract value;

Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business: {3.0 %} of the total contract value.

(Note, for example, that a participation plan that reflects {5.0%} of the contract value for Woman-Owned Small Business would also count towards the overall Small Business Goal).

*The Government recognizes that these goals are stated as a percentage of the total contract value for the small business participation plan; whereas, the goals included in the subcontracting plan (FAR Clause 52.219-9) are stated in terms of a percentage of total subcontract dollars.

Volume IV: Business Proposal

Evaluation Factor F – Price. Price will not be scored or rated. Evaluation of price will be performed using one or more of the price analysis techniques in FAR 13.106-2(b). Through these techniques the Government will determine whether prices are reasonable. Inasmuch as the best value offer will be determined through tradeoff analysis, the Government is not bound to award to the lowest evaluated price. On the other hand, if the Government determines that a higher rated proposal offers value-added features but at an unreasonable/unjustifiable incremental amount, it is not bound to award to a higher technically rated proposal.

The proposal will be evaluated for completeness. Completeness is the offeror’s proposal being submitted in accordance with the Volume IV: Business Proposal instructions in the solicitation, specifically the Addendum to 52.212-1 paragraph 4 in its entirety.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2017) ALTERNATE I (OCT 2014)

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 located at https://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.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision-- “Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern” means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

“Forced or indentured child labor” means all work or service—

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

“Highest-level owner” means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

“Immediate owner” means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: Ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees.

“Inverted domestic corporation,” means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

“Manufactured end product” means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except—

(1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

“Place of manufacture” means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

“Restricted business operations” means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate—

(1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan;

(2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization;

(3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan;

(4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization;

(5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or

(6) Have been voluntarily suspended.

“Sensitive technology”—

(1) Means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is to be used specifically—

(i) To restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or

(ii) To disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran; and

(2) Does not include information or informational materials the export of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).

“Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern”—

(1) Means a small business concern—

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.

(2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).

“Small business concern” means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size standards in this solicitation.

“Small disadvantaged business concern, consistent with 13 CFR 124.1002,” means a small business concern under the size standard applicable to the acquisition, that--

(1) Is at least 51 percent unconditionally and directly owned (as defined at 13 CFR 124.105) by--

(i) One or more socially disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.103) and economically disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.104) individuals who are citizens of the United States; and

(ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and

(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled (as defined at 13.CFR 124.106) by individuals, who meet the criteria in paragraphs (1)(i) and (ii) of this definition.

“Subsidiary” means an entity in which more than 50 percent of the entity is owned—

(1) Directly by a parent corporation; or

(2) Through another subsidiary of a parent corporation.

“Veteran-owned small business concern” means a small business concern—

(1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans(as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more…