Solicitation.pdf

COMBINATION SYNOPSIS-SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL PURCHASES

(UNDER SAT)

1. Solicitation Number: W911QX-24-Q-0289

2. Title: INTENT TO SOLICIT ONLY ONE (1) SOURCE for ONE (1) COHERENT

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER

3. Classification Code: 66

4. NAICS Code: 334516

5. Response Date: Five (5) days after posting date due via email to the Primary

Point of Contact listed in the FedBizOpps.gov webpage for this combined synopsis-solicitation.

6. Description:

Disclaimer: 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.

INTENT TO SOLICIT ONLY ONE SOURCE

The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the

Government is soliciting and negotiating with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).

The name of the company the Government intends to award a contract to is

Coherent, Inc., located at 5100 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, the

Government will consider all proposals received prior to the closing date and time of this solicitation.

This acquisition is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-06, effective 30 July 2024.

For purposes of this acquisition, the associated NAICS code is 334516. The small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

Contract Line Item (CLIN) Structure: The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable):

CLIN 0001: One (1) Coherent Optical Parametric Amplifier. Firm Fixed Price

Specifications/Requirement: N/A

Delivery: Delivery is required no later than twelve (12) weeks After Contract Award

(ACA). Delivery shall be made to Army Research Laboratory, 6375 Johnson Road, Building 321, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005-5001. Acceptance shall be performed at delivery location. The FOB point is Destination.

Clauses:

I. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this provision:

In addition to the requirements set for the in FAR 52.212-1, all offers responding to this solicitation must provide their business size in relation to the NAICS code contained in this solicitation and shall identify any socioeconomic categories to which they belong.

II. Evaluation Criteria - The specific evaluation criteria to be used are as follows:

N/A

III. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its

Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer. N/A

IV. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this clause: N/A

V. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement

Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items and the selected clauses listed in DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and Contract Clauses for the

Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR/DFARS clauses cited in this clause are applicable:

FAR

52.203-19 Prohibition On Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements

Or Statements

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services

Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities

52.209-6 Protecting The Government’ Interest When Subcontracting With

Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Or Proposed For Debarment

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation

52.222-3 Convict Labor

52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

52.222-26 Equal Opportunity

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans

52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award

Management

52.232-36 Payment By Third Party

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.233-3 Protest After Award

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

DFARS

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation

Support

252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services –

Representation

252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services – Representation

252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services

252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System

252.211-7008 Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

252.225-7000, Buy American Statute—Balance Of Payments Program Certificate

(Nov 2014)

252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7007 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist

Chinese Military Companies

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro

Regime

252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro

Regime

252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur

Autonomous Region—Representation

252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur

Autonomous Region

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments

252.243-7001 Pricing Of Contract Modifications

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts

VI. The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply

(full text of all FAR/DFARS clauses that contain fill-in information, as well as all local clauses, can be found in the attached Provisions and Clauses Full-Text document):

FAR

52.204-7 System for Award Management

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror |

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

52.222-20 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment Exceeding

$15,000

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination

DFARS

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information And Cyber Incident

Reporting

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product

252.233-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving

Reports

FULL TEXT CLAUSES

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment

52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment

52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services –

Representation

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference

252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation

252.232-7006 Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions

ADELPHI LOCAL CLAUSES

• ACC-APG POINT OF CONTACT

• TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

• INTENT TO SOLICIT ONLY ONE SOURCE

• TYPE OF CONTRACT

• GOVERNMENT INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

• PAYMENT OFFICE (BANKCARD – INVOICES REQUIRED)

• TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE (ARL)

• RECEIVING ROOM REQUIREMENTS – ALTERNATE I (APG)

• ARMY CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM (ACWS) TRANSITION

INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTORS

• COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION PROVISIONS & CLAUSES (DFARS)

• EXCEPTIONS OR CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN OFFEROR’S

PROPOSAL

• AWARD OF CONTRACT

• ADELPHI CONTRACTING DIVISION WEBSITE

• FOREIGN NATIONALS PERFORMING UNDER CONTRACT

• PAYMENT TERMS

VII. This acquisition is rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System

(DPAS) as N/A.

VIII. The following notes apply to this announcement: N/A

IX. Offers are due no later than (NLT) 28 August 2024 by 5:00PM Eastern Standard

Time (EST).

Place of Performance: Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005-5001.

Set Aside: N/A

8/14/2024

X Ashley Eaker

Contracting Officer (KO)

Signed by: EAKER.ASHLEY.ELIZABETH.1439530371