NB6720602300435 Consulting Services RFQ.pdf

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND

A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED.

Solicitation number NB6720602300435 is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) conducted under the authority of FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

This RFQ, incorporated provisions, and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-01. The associated NAICS 541690 code has a small business size standard of $16.5 million.

This requirement is full and open competition. The Request for Quote due date is 1/13/2023; 2:00pm, MST.

Attached is the Performance Work Statement (PWS) describing the requirements for solicitation NB6720602300435 for the following line-item number(s) (CLINs) to include description of item(s), quantities, and units of measure (including any applicable option(s)). Note this requirement is requested with a Not to Exceed ceiling of $30,000.00. Offerors are requested to provide their hourly rate/unit price for the required services. Actual quantity of hours may vary.

Item Number

Supplies/Services Description QTY Unit of Issue

Unit Price

Amount

0001 Consulting Services Est.

HR $ $

Total Value: $ $

Date(s) and place(s) of performance are required in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement.

The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021), 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 services offered to meet the Government requirement identified in the Performance Work Statement. The pricing shall conform to the technical requirements, and a firm fixed unit 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 provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a firm fixed price purchase order resulting from this solicitation once the Contractor is verified as responsible and the quotation conforming to the solicitation is found advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The non-price factors: Technical Approach, Key Personnel, Experience, and Past Performance, when combined, are equal to price.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate the quotation:

1. Technical Approach of the services offered to meet the Government requirement.

2. Key Personnel utilized for the services offered to meet the Government requirement.

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/12.htm#P298_49781 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1612_228754

3. Experience related to the required services.

4. Past Performance for existing and prior contracts for similar service requirements.

5. Price.

1.Technical Approach:

This factor is a subjective evaluation of the Offeror’s understanding of the contract requirements (clauses, provisions and the PWS) and the demonstrated resources, capability, and methods to meet all requirements of the PWS. The offeror’s submittals will be evaluated in terms of demonstrated understanding of the requirements and demonstrated capability to meet or exceed the requirements.

2. Key Personnel:

This factor will evaluate the proposed personnel in terms of their 1) qualifications 2) availability and 3) demonstrated experience as it relates to the PWS and required tasks. Proposed personnel must be available for travel as required.

3. Experience:

This factor involves an assessment of the vendor’s experience in terms of relevancy (similarity in scope, size, and complexity), as a means of evaluating the capability of the vendor to successfully meet the requirements of the request for quotation.

Submittal Requirements.

The vendor shall provide the following information for a minimum of three relevant projects (item and / or service) to that of the requirement in the request for quotation.

a) Experience For: Company Name, address phone number and point of contact.

b) Description of the work provided in terms of items and services provided.

c) Date of delivery (Items) and dates of services provides (Service contracts).

4. Past Performance Past performance is a defined as how well a vendor has performed on meeting recent and relevant requirements in terms of scope, size, and complexity.

Submittal Requirements:

Provide the following information for a minimum of three companies / organizations / clients which the offer has provided recent and similar items / services for:

a) Company/Organization/Client Name.

b) Address.

c) Brief description of items / services provided.

d) Point of contact.

e) Email and or phone number contact information.

5. Price:

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

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022), with its offer. 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 accessed through http://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.

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022), applies to this acquisition.

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022), applies to this acquisition and the following additional FAR clauses cited are applicable to the acquisition:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer

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 the solicitation #NB6720602300435.

• All quotations shall include the following information:

o Information enough to demonstrate you can meet or exceed the requirements in the Performance Statement of Work o Firm Fixed Price quote.

o Payment Terms: Net 30.

o Meet the Period of Performance indicated in the PWS.

o Place of Performance indicated in the PWS.

o Company DUNS No. 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.

Additional Terms and Conditions:

Provisions – http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1626_230606 http://www.sam.gov/portal http://www.sam.gov/

FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

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 this/these address(es): at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html (End of Clause)

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

Clauses – FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance FAR 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEVIATION APR 2020) 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation.

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 http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html (End of Clause)

FAR 52.252-6 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.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Commerce Acquisition Regulations (48 CFR Chapter

13) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation. (End of Clause)

CAR 1352.201-70, Contracting Officer’s Authority CAR 1352.209-72, Restrictions against disclosure 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)

CAR 1352.270-70, Period of performance.

(a) The base period of performance of this contract is from 2/1/2023 through 9/30/2023. If an option is exercised, the period of performance shall be extended through the end of that option period.

(b) The option periods that may be exercised are as follows:

Period Start date End date Option I: NA Option II: NA Option III: NA Option IV: NA

(c) The notice requirements for unilateral exercise of option periods are set out in FAR 52.217-9.

(End of clause)

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.

https://www.nist.gov/ http://www.opm.gov/

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 manner that would cause the government to incur additional obligations during the lapse in appropriation may continue performance.

(End of clause)

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 of clause)

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

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 Daniel Kent, Contract Specialist at Daniel.kent@nist.gov and Lia Arthofer, Contracting Officer, at lia.arthofer@nist.gov.

For information regarding this solicitation, contact the Contract Specialist at daniel.kent@nist.gov or via phone at 303-497-6533.

Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement Superconductor Consulting mailto:INVOICE@NIST.GOV http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:lia.arthofer@nist.gov