RFI-Sources Sought.pdf

RFI – NMR Honey

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer to analyze Honey

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

INTRODUCTION

The Laboratories & Scientific Services Directorate (LSSD), New York Laboratory, on behalf of Operations Support (OS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is conducting market research to assess the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NMR) industry’s ability to provide CBP with suitable equipment that meets the agency’s preliminarily identified requirements.

This announcement constitutes an official Request for Information (RFI). This RFI is released pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 – Market Research and issued solely for information and planning purposes. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or Government use of such information. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.

The information provided may be used by CBP in developing and refining its Acquisition Strategy, Statement of Work, and Performance Specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The U.S. Government does not intend to award a contract solely on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to same. The U.S.

Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey.

DESCRIPTION

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) New York Laboratory, seeks to purchase and maintain a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NMR) and associated database suitable for algorithmic searches, and assist with food authentication and country of origin determination, explicitly related to honey.

INFORMATION REQUESTED:

1. Company Name, Company Address, Point of Contact, Telephone Number, and e-mail Address.

2. What NAICS code do you use?

3. Are you classified as a Small Business under this NAICS code?

4. Where is your equipment manufactured and/or assembled? If parts/components are manufactured in a different location from final assembly, please identify all locations.

5. What is your standard delivery timeframe?

6. If any equipment or parts listed in the requirement are available on a current Government contract vehicle, please provide this information.

7. If able to, please provide information (Agency, Contract Value, and POC) for any current or previously awarded federal contracts/purchase orders for this type of equipment issued to your company within the last 5 years.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The requirements are listed in the attached draft statement of work (SOW).

RESPONSES

The information provided may be used by CBP in developing and refining its Acquisition Strategy, Statement of Work, and Performance Specifications. Responses shall be the minimum length necessary to accommodate all requested information and submitted via e-mail only.

Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the beta/SAM.gov website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

INDUSTRY DISCUSSIONS

CBP representatives may or may not choose to meet with potential offerors. Such discussions would only be intended to get further clarification of potential capability to meet the requirements of CBP and would constitute market research.

QUESTIONS

Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to the Contract Specialist, email address listed below. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted.

Instructions and Response Guidelines:

Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the RFI. Information provided will be used solely by CBP as market research. This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid, or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this RFI is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government.

RFI Responses shall be submitted electronically via email to the Contact Specialist, Starla Van Winkle at starla.r.vanwinkle@cbp.dhs.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2020.

Telephone responses will not be accepted. The Government is not required to respond to any information provided in response to this RFI. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor beta.SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this RFI.

mailto:starla.r.vanwinkle@cbp.dhs.gov

Telephone responses will not be accepted. The Government is not required to respond to any information provided in response to this RFI. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor beta.SAM.gov for additional information pertaining t...