NB672030-26-00446 WR4 On-Wafer Probes RFQ.pdf

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR part 12 (DEVIATION January 2026). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number NB672030-26-00446 is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) conducted under the authority of FAR part 12 (DEVIATION January 2026), Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

This RFQ, incorporated provisions, and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06. The associated NAICS is 334515 – Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals. This requirement is solicited on an unrestricted basis.

Attached is the Requirements/Specifications describing the requirements for solicitation NB672030-26- 00446 for the following line-item number(s) (CLINs) to include a description of the item(s), quantities, and units of measure (including any applicable option(s)).

Item Number Supplies/Services Description QTY Unit of

Issue Unit Price

Amount

0001 WR4 On-Wafer Probes 4 EA $ $ Total Value: $

Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB-Destination are required in accordance with the attached Requirements / Specifications document.

The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION January 2026), applies to this acquisition. Addenda to this provision is as follows: Submit the quotation on company letterhead to the email address stated herein by the date and time provided. The quotation shall include clear, concise, technical capability of the items or services offered to meet the Government requirement identified in the Requirements/Specifications document.

Contractors shall submit Technical Capability documentation which may include a narrative, charts, graphs, tables, and drawings. The Technical Capability documentation should clearly describe, in sufficient detail, the Contractor’s authority, quoted items, resources, and methods to successfully fulfill the requirements including specifications, performance capability requirements, delivery schedule, warranties, Export Control Number(s), and all requirements per the RFQ and Requirements and Specifications. The pricing shall conform to the technical requirements, and a firm fixed price shall be provided for each line item. If the quotation is missing any of the elements the quotation may be deemed unacceptable and may not be evaluated further.

The Technical Quotation shall not exceed 6 single-sided pages (3 double-sided pages in total) using no smaller than 11-point font. Quotes shall include the country of origin and/or place of manufacture for all quoted items.

The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION January 2026), applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a firm-fixed price purchase order resulting from this solicitation and the quotation conforming to the solicitation is found advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The basis for the award is best value utilizing a trade-off evaluation plan with price and non-price factors.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate the quotation:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1612_228754

Factor 1 - Technical capability of the item(s) offered to meet the Government requirement.

Factor 2 - Price will be evaluated for reasonableness. The Government will not conduct price realism as a part of price evaluation.

BASIS OF EVALUATION:

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY

a. Definition: Defined as the Contractor’s demonstration of the understanding and capability to provide the required items and services as identified in the Requirements and Specifications document. This includes the authority to provide the required items (i.e., authorized dealer/seller/reseller), authority to provide maintenance and repair services, capability, and method to successfully meet all contract requirements, including delivery schedule, installation, warranty, and all other requirements.

b. Basis of Evaluation: The Government will evaluate this factor to determine the Contractor’s understanding of the solicitation requirements (clauses, provisions, and Requirements and Specifications document and demonstrated ability to meet contractual requirements. The Contractor’s technical capabilities submittal will be evaluated to assess the Contractor’s expertise, capabilities, competencies, and risk to successfully perform the requirements of the Requirements and Specifications document and RFQ.

A technical quotation which is primarily a copy-and-paste version of the Requirements and Specifications document for the solicitation requirements will be deemed unacceptable without further review of the quotation for award.

The Government will assess its level of confidence that the offeror will successfully perform the contract requirements based on the offeror’s technical capabilities with the following ratings:

FACTOR 2: PRICE

Price will be evaluated for reasonableness.

The Government will not conduct price realism as a part of price evaluation.

High Confidence

The Government has high confidence that the offeror understands the requirement, successfully meets or exceeds the technical requirement, and will be successful in completing this requirement.

Some Confidence

The Government has some confidence that the offeror understands the requirement, successfully meets or exceeds the technical requirement, and will be successful in completing this requirement.

Low Confidence

The Government has low confidence that the offeror understands the requirement, successfully meets or exceeds the technical requirement, and will be successful in completing this requirement.

All factors other than price when combined are more important than price.

The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION January 2026), applies to this acquisition.

The following additional contract requirement(s) and additional terms and conditions are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices are as follows:

Additional Contract Requirements:

• All communications and documents must include solicitation # NB672030-26-00446.

• All quotations shall include the following information:

o Information enough to demonstrate you can meet or exceed the requirements in the Requirements/Specification document. (Simply cutting and pasting the requirements onto a quote will not suffice.)

o Identify the Country of Origin/Manufacture in the quote.

o Identify the Export Control Number of any applicable items quoted.

o Firm fixed price quote.

o Payment Terms: Net 30.

o Please indicate the soonest you can deliver.

o FOB Destination including delivery and duties (if applicable) cost for delivery to:

DOC - NIST

325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305 o Delivery point of contact will be provided upon award. (NIST reserves the right to ship using the NIST Account).

o Company SAM Unique Entity ID. In order to be eligible for this award, the offeror must have and maintain an active registration at the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov and have completed Representations and Certifications therein for the specified NAICS code or submit separate Representations and Certifications if the specified NAICS code is not listed in their SAM registration.

o Acceptance is not expected to exceed 7 days

Additional Terms and Conditions:

Provisions – FAR 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management—Registration FAR 52.240-90, Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications

FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference 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 quoter is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the quoter and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the quoter 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 http://www.sam.gov/ this/these address(es): at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52, https://www.commerce.gov/oam/policy/acquisition-policy/procurement-memoranda (End of provision)

FAR 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the provision.

(End of provision)

CAR 1352.233-70, Agency Protests CAR 1352.233-71, GAO and Court of Federal Claims Protests

Clauses – FAR 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights FAR 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons FAR 52.223-23, Sustainable Products and Services FAR 52.225-1, Buy American - Supplies FAR 52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim FAR 52.240-91, Security Prohibitions and Exclusions FAR 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services FAR 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels

FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.

Buy American Certificate (Oct 2022) (a)

(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(4) The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” "domestic end product," "end product," and "foreign end product" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Supplies."

https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52 https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52 https://www.commerce.gov/oam/policy/acquisition-policy/procurement-memoranda

(b)Foreign End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)

(b)[List as necessary]

(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line Item No. ___

[List as necessary]

(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(End of Provision)

FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference 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): at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52, https://www.commerce.gov/oam/policy/acquisition-policy/procurement-memoranda (End of Clause)

FAR 52.252-6 FAR Authorized Deviations in Clauses

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the clause.

(End of clause)

CAR 1352.201-70, Contracting Officer’s Authority CAR 1352.209-73, Compliance with the Laws CAR 1352.209-74, Organizational Conflict of Interest

CAR 1352.246-70 Place of Acceptance

(a) The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will accept supplies and services to be provided under this contract.

(b) The place of acceptance will be:

NIST

325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305 (End of Clause) https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52 https://www.commerce.gov/oam/policy/acquisition-policy/procurement-memoranda

NIST LOCAL-39 MARKING/PACKING INSTRUCTIONS

(1) If the total contract/order includes multiple quantities of the same or like item(s), segregated as separate CLIN/Item numbers, deliverables shall be packed accordingly. Each individual Package / container in the shipment shall include deliverables on a per-CLIN or Item basis.

(2) For each shipment made under this contract/order, the Contractor shall furnish itemized packing list(s), enumerating the specific contents of each shipping container and what specific individual components constitute a full and complete "unit" for each bid item. The packing list shall include the brief description of each item found in the Schedule. If more than one container is required for each unit, each container should be marked accordingly, e.g., "Box 1 of 2," "Box 2 of 2," and the boxes, where feasible, should be taped or shrink-wrapped together as an issuable unit.

(3) The contract number AND CONTRACT LINE-ITEM NUMBER (CLIN) OR ORDER ITEM NUMBER shall be placed on the exterior of all containers.

NIST LOCAL-53 CONTRACT PERFORMANCE DURING CHANGES IN NIST OPERATING

STATUS

Unless otherwise stated in the contract terms and conditions, normal days of business operation are Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. However, throughout the contract period of performance, there may be circumstances beyond the control of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), that will impact normal days of business operation, such as inclement weather, power outages, etc. In circumstances such as these, the Contractor must call the appropriate NIST campus status line to verify the operating status:

Gaithersburg Campus Operating Status Line:

(301) 975-8000

(800) 437-4385 x8000 (toll free)

Boulder Campus Operating Status Line:

(303) 497-4000

During a lapse in appropriation, access to Government facilities and resources, including equipment and systems, will be limited to excepted personnel for both Federal employees and Contractor personnel. If performance of the contract is onsite and/or requires Government interaction, unless you have been, or are notified that you are to work under an excepted status, you will automatically enter a temporary work stoppage. The work stoppage shall remain in effect until the lapse is resolved and notification is provided via the NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/ and/or the NIST operating status lines. Additionally, Contractors are encouraged to monitor public broadcasts or the Office of Personnel Management’s website at www.opm.gov for the Federal Government operating status.

NIST will provide notification to all contractors that are determined to have excepted status. All excepted contractors are required to continue performance and communicate with the appointed Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for further guidance, or NIST Contracting Officer if a COR is not appointed.

Contractors with supply or service contracts that are fully funded at the time of contract award and do not require access to Government facilities, resources, or active administration by Government personnel in a https://www.nist.gov/ http://www.opm.gov/ manner that would cause the government to incur additional obligations during the lapse in appropriation may continue performance.

NIST LOCAL-54 ELECTRONIC BILLING INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions: use in all awards that require electronic submission of invoices.

NIST requires that Invoice/Voucher submissions are sent electronically via email to

INVOICE@NIST.GOV.

Each Invoice or Voucher submitted shall include the following:

(1) Contract number;

(2) Contractor name and address;

(3) Unique entity identifier (see www.sam.gov for the designated entity for establishing unique entity identifiers);

(4) Date of invoice;

(5) Invoice number;

(6) Amount of invoice and cumulative amount invoiced to-date;

(7) Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN);

(8) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and extended price of supplies/services delivered;

(9) Prompt payment discount terms, if offered; and

(10) Any other information or documentation required by the contract.

(End)

NIST LOCAL-56 INVOICING PROCESSING PLATFORM-ALTERNATE I

Upon written notice from the contracting officer the following supersedes all other instructions for the submission of payment requests. Accordingly, following written notice payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable payment request or invoicing instructions, Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access, and use IPP for submitting payment requests.

If not already enrolled, the Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email within three to five business days of the addition of the contract award to IPP. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email: IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting payment requests, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation. Contact the contracting officer for more information on submitting a waiver request.

(End)

Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is NOT applicable.

mailto:INVOICE@NIST.GOV http://www.sam.gov/

The solicitation will close on the date and time specified and provided. All quotations shall be delivered electronically by the specified close date and time to Clifford Nicholson, Contract Specialist at clifford.nicholson@nist.gov.

For information regarding this solicitation, contact the Contract Specialist at clifford.nicholson@nist.gov or via phone at 303-497-5185.

Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Requirements / Specifications Document