Streamlined_Solicitation_Oceanographic_Bouys.pdf

RFQ # NRMAH000-16-00526

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

Manufacture and Delivery of Oceanographic Research Buoys

(I) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and 13.5 Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, 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.

(II) This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). Submit written quotes on RFQ Number NRMAH000-16-00526.

(III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-89, July 14, 2016, available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm.

(IV) This solicitation is being issued as an SDVOSB set-aside with a NAICS code of 334513 Buoyancy instruments, industrial process-type, manufacturing; the small business size standard is 750 employees.

(V) This combined solicitation/synopsis is for purchase of the following commercial equipment/services:

Manufacture and delivery of Oceanographic Research Buoys in accordance with Attachment 1, Buoy Specifications and Attachment 2, Buoy Drawings.

Year 1:

Item 1: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy with Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy without Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: DART-3_ETD Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: pCO2 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 5: pCO2_O-A Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 6: TFLEX 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 7: TFLEX Electronics Fiberglass Case $ _____ Unit Price http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm

Year 2:

Item 1: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy with Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy without Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: DART-3_ETD Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: pCO2 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 5: pCO2_O-A Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 6: TFLEX 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 7: TFLEX Electronics Fiberglass Case $ _____ Unit Price

Year 3:

Item 1: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy with Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy without Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: DART-3_ETD Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: pCO2 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 5: pCO2_O-A Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 6: TFLEX 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 7: TFLEX Electronics Fiberglass Case $ _____ Unit Price

Year 4:

Item 1: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy with Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy without Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: DART-3_ETD Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: pCO2 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 5: pCO2_O-A Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 6: TFLEX 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 7: TFLEX Electronics Fiberglass Case $ _____ Unit Price

Year 5:

Item 1: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy with Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Atlas 3-Point Toroid Buoy without Solid Insert $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: DART-3_ETD Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: pCO2 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 5: pCO2_O-A Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 6: TFLEX 3-Point Toroid Buoy $ _____ Unit Price Item 7: TFLEX Electronics Fiberglass Case $ _____ Unit Price

(VI) Description of requirements is as follows:

This requirement is for the manufacture of oceanographic research buoys and refurbishment, repair and conversion of existing systems to meet the specifications needed for the Tropical Moored Buoy Array Program (TMBAP) at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). These systems are part of an ongoing array of moored buoy sites in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. These systems are comprised of subsurface temperature, salinity and current sensors and surface meteorological sensors to measure air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, rain rate solar radiations and barometric pressure. The buoy systems have to be swapped out once per year to maintain a continuous measurement record; therefore, new buoys must have the same dimensions and design specifications to work in the platforms already deployed in the Atlantic (known as PIRATA) and Indian Oceans (known as RAMA). This requirement is necessary to meet Office of Atmospheric Research’s (OAR) strategic goals of coastal and open ocean observations and modeling to improve our understanding of the physical and geochemical processes operating in the world oceans, to define the forcing functions and the processes driving ocean circulation and the global climate system, and to improve environmental forecasting capabilities and other supporting services for marine commerce and fisheries.

Completing the buoy arrays is a basic step required to realize this goal. Data will be collected daily via Iridium satellite and published to the web in near real time: for RAMA, (http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/rama/data.html) and for PRATA (http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/disdel/frames/main.html).

The buoys shall be manufactured in accordance with the specifications identified in the Government furnished specifications and drawings.

Please see Attachment 1, Buoy Specifications and Attachment 2, Buoy Drawings.

(VII) The period of performance/ordering period is estimated as September 15, 2016 to September 14, 2021. It will consist of five 1-year performance/ordering periods placed on individual delivery orders. For delivery orders of two (2) or more, the contractor shall deliver in increments of two (2), with the first two (2) systems being delivered within one-hundred twenty

(120) calendar days after award of the order, and the remaining buoys to be delivered in increments of two (2) every sixty (60) days thereafter. Place of delivery is NOAA PMEL, Attn: J Michael Strick, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, Seattle, WA 98115-6349. Delivery shall be FOB Destination.

(VIII) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (OCT 2015), applies to this acquisition.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1:

By submitting the proposal the Offeror certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the prices offered for those items or services (whether or not separately identified) that are offered are no higher than the lowest price at which such items or services were offered or sold to its most favored customer under similar conditions of quantity and delivery during the most recent http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/rama/data.html) http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/disdel/frames/main.html) regular monthly, quarterly, or other period for which sale data are reasonably available, provided that in no event shall this period be less than one month in duration.

Instructions for Submitting Quotations

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition is 334513 Buoyancy instruments, industrial process-type, manufacturing; the small business size standard is 750 employees.

(b) Submission of quotations. Submit quotations to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. At a minimum, quotations must show-

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(3) Acknowledgment of solicitation amendments;

(4) A technical description showing that the offeror can supply the requirements in the specifications or statement of work in sufficient detail to allow the Government to evaluate the quotation in accordance with the evaluation factors stated in the solicitation.

Please provide relevant corporate experience for similar acquisitions;

(5) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and reference information (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information);

(6) Price and any supporting details for the price, as requested in the solicitation.

(c) Offerors are responsible for submitting quotations, and any modifications thereto, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified. The offeror's initial quotation should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint.

The Government may reject any or all quotations if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest quotation; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotations received.

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(IX) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items (OCT 2014), applies to this acquisition.

Paragraph (a) is hereby completed as follows: 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: (i) technical capability and corporate experience providing the items offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price and (iii) past performance.

Technical and past performance, when combined, are equal to price.

(X) The offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (JUL 2016), with its quote. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the SAM website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (q) of this provision.

(XI) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (MAY 2015), applies to this acquisition.

(XII) The clause at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items (JUN 2016) applies to this acquisition. The following clauses under subparagraph (b) apply: (1), (6), (16), (18), (19), (21), (25), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), (34), (35), (45), (54), (58). The following clauses under subparagraph (c) apply: None.

(XIII) The following clauses and provisions are also applicable to this acquisition:

FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) FAR 52.245-1 Government Property (APR 2012) CAR 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-72 Restrictions Against Disclosure (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest (APR 2010) CAR 1352.216-74 Task Orders (APR 2010)

FAR 52.203-99 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT

REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (FEB 2015)

[DEVIATION 2005-02]

(a) The Contractor shall not require employees or subcontractors seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The contractor shall notify employees that the prohibitions and restrictions of any internal confidentiality agreements covered by this clause are no longer in effect.

(c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

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(d)(1) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), use of funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act may be prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause.

(2) The Government may seek any available remedies in the event the Contractor fails to comply with the provisions of this clause.

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FAR 52.216-18 Ordering (OCT 1995)

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from September 15, 2016 through September 14, 2021.

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered “issued” when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule.

FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations (OCT 1995)

(a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than$10,000.00, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract.

(b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor -

(1) Any order for a single item in excess of $300,000.00;

(2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $3,500,000.00; or

(3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 60 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section.

(c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216- 21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 10 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor’s intent not to ship the item (or items) called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the supplies or services from another source.

FAR 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (APR 1984)

(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 clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

CAR 1352.216-75 Minimum and Maximum Contract Amounts (APR 2010)

During the term of the contract, the Government shall place orders totaling a minimum of $10,000.00 over the life of the contract. The amount of all orders shall not exceed $3,500,000.00.

CAR 1352.216-76 Placement of Orders (APR 2010)

(a) The contractor shall provide goods and/or services under this contract only as directed in task orders issued by authorized individuals. In accordance with FAR 16.505, each order will include:

(1) Date of order;

(2) Contract number and order number;

(3) Item number and description, quantity, and unit price or estimated cost or fee;

(4) Delivery or performance date;

(5) Place of delivery or performance (including consignee);

(6) Packaging, packing, and shipping instructions, if any;

(7) Accounting and appropriation data;

(8) Method of payment and payment office, if not specified in the contract;

(9) Any other pertinent information.

(b) In accordance with FAR 52.216-18, Ordering, the following individuals (or activities) are authorized to place orders against this contract:

Any NOAA authorized Contracting Officer.

CAR 1352.233-70 Agency Protests (APR 2010)

(a) An agency protest may be filed with either: (1) the contracting officer, or (2) at a level above the contracting officer, with the appropriate agency Protest Decision Authority. See 64 Fed. Reg. 16,651 (April 6, 1999).

(b) Agency protests filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address:

Mark E. Caban, Contracting Officer Western Acquisition Division – SOU6 325 Broadway Boulder, Colorado 80305-3328 Phone Number: (303) 497-6875 mark.caban@noaa.gov

(c) Agency protests filed with the agency Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address:

Barry Berkowitz, Senior Procurement Director and Director, Office of Acquisition Management U.S. Department of Commerce Room 6422 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230

FAX: (202) 482-1711

(d) A complete copy of all agency protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing a protest with either the Contracting Officer or the Protest Decision Authority.

(e) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows:

Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division U.S. Department of Commerce Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230

FAX: (202) 482–5858

CAR 1352.233-71 GAO and Court of Claims Protests (APR 2010)

Full text of CAR clauses is available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfcara.htm.

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CAR 1352.245-70 Government Furnished Property (APR 2010)

The Government will provide the following item(s) of Government property to the contractor.

The contractor shall be accountable for, and have stewardship of, the property in the performance of this contract. This property shall be used and maintained by the contractor in accordance with provisions of the “Government Property” clause included in this contract.

Items to be specified in individual delivery orders.

CPARS REGISTRATION

The value of this procurement requires that the winning vendor be registered in the Contractor Performance Assessment and Reporting System (CPARS) at http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/cparsmain.htm. Registration within 30 days of contract award is required.

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FAR 52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements—Representation (DEVIATION 2015-02)

Insert the following provision in all solicitations that will use Federal funds, including solicitations for the acquisition of commercial items under FAR part 12.

(a) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it does not require employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/cparsmain.htm

(End of Provision)

FAR 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (APR 1984)

(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.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)

(a) Contractor performance will be evaluated and reported in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) pursuant to the following thresholds:

• Contracts/Task/Delivery Orders totaling $150,000 and above;

• Construction Contracts/Task Orders totaling $650,000 and above;

• Architect/Engineer Contracts/Task Orders totaling $30,000 and above.

(b) The report will be compiled by the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative. For IDIQ contracts, the contractor will be rated on the base contract and all task order/delivery orders meeting the above thresholds.

(c) The contractor will be provided an electronic copy of the performance report and will have 30 days to enter comments directly into CPARS and, if desired, appeal the rating. If the contractor fails to respond within 30 calendar days, the Assessing Official has the option to close the assessment. In the event the contractor chooses to appeal the Assessing Official's rating, the Contracting Officer will refer the matter to the Reviewing Official. This “level above” review is the sole appeal process for negative performance reports. The decision of the Reviewing Official will be final and conclusive.

(d) The contractor is requested designate a Contractor Representative responsible for reviewing the Government's assessment:

Contractor Representative Name: ____________________________________________ Contractor Representative Email Address: _____________________________________

(e) Once a contract is registered by the Focal Point, a system generated email will be sent to the Contractor Representative with their User ID. New users will obtain a temporary password by using the 'Forgot Password' function on the CPARS login page. In the event it is necessary to replace the above Contractor Representative, it is the responsibility of the contractor to notify the Government's CPARS Focal Point via e-mail at: mark.caban@noaa.gov.

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POST-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS

By submission of an offer in response to a NOAA solicitation or acceptance of a contract, the contractor acknowledges the restrictions of current NOAA employees regarding contact with offerors regarding prospective employment and the corresponding obligations for contractors who engage them. The contractor further acknowledges that it has provided notice to former NOAA employees who will provide service to NOAA under the contract of post-Government employment restrictions that apply to them. Such restrictions include, but are not limited to, those set forth in:

(a) 41 U.S.C. 2103 regarding contacts between a federal employee working on a procurement and an offeror about prospective employment;

(b) 18 U.S.C. 207 regarding the restrictions on former federal employees having contact with a federal agency on behalf of another person or entity concerning a specific party matter which the former employee was involved as a federal employee or for which the former federal employee had official responsibility;

(c) 18 U.S.C. 207 regarding the restrictions on former senior employees and senior political employees from having contact with his former federal agency on behalf of another person or entity concerning any official matter; and

(d) 41 U.S.C. 2104 regarding the restriction on a former federal employee involved in an acquisition over $10,000,000 from accepting compensation from a contractor.

(XIV) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) do not apply.

(XV) The Government intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm Fixed Price delivery orders.

(XVI) Quotes are due in the contracting office no later than COB on September 7, 2016. All quotes must be emailed to the attention of Julia Hamilton at julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov.

(XVII) For information concerning this solicitation contact Julia Hamilton at julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov or Mark Caban at mark.caban@noaa.gov. All questions must be received three business days after the release of the solicitation.

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