Combination_Synopsis-Solicitation_for_Commercial_Purchases_(Under_SAT).docx

1. Solicitation Number: W911QX-18-T-0135

2. Title: SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR UV-VIS-NIR Raman Spectroscopic Systems

3. Classification Code: 66

4. NAICS Code: 334516

5. Response Date: Five (5) Business Days After Posting Date

6. Description: Two (2) UV-VIS-NIR Raman Spectroscopic Systems

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.

NOTICE: THIS PROCUREMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED USING A TIERED EVALUATION OF OFFERS. THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED:

THIS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE THAT WILL CONVERT TO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION IF NO ACCEPTABLE OFFERS ARE RECEIVED FROM RESPONSIBLE, SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. FOR OFFERS TO BE CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE, THEY MUST MEET ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THE SOLICITATION AND BE COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF MARKET PRICES, QUALITY, AND DELIVERY. IF ONLY ONE ACCEPTABLE OFFER IS RECEIVED FROM A RESPONSIBLE, SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL CONSIDER AWARDING DIRECTLY TO THAT FIRM, PRIOR TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. NO AMENDMENT WILL BE ISSUED TO CONVERT THE SOLICITATION TO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. IF THE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE IS DISSOLVED, THE GOVERNMENT WILL AWARD TO THE LARGE BUSINESS WHOSE OFFER IS MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THIS SOLICITATION. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND, REGARDLESS OF BUSINESS SIZE; HOWEVER, THEY MUST DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FIRST, AND FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION ONLY AFTER THE ABOVE CRITERIA IS NOT MET.

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 2005-97 published 24 January 2018.

For purposes of this acquisition, the associated NAICS code is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). The small business size standard is 1,000 Employees.

Contract Line Item (CLIN) Structure and Specifications/Requirement: The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure:

Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001 - Two (2) Imaging Spectrographs:

1. Shall have a focal length of at least 300 millimeters (mm).

2. Shall have aperture focal ratio of at least f/4.6.

3. Shall have Interchangeable triple-grating turrets with on-axis grating rotation with the following specification: 68 x 68 mm gratings.

4. Shall contain a single entrance and single exit.

5. Shall have a manual entrance slit which can be varied at least from ten (10) microns to three (3) mm.

6. Shall include adapter plate for Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) cameras with spectroscopy mounts.

7. Maximum stray light shall be two (2) x 10-5

8. Shall have a focal plane size of at least twenty-seven (27) mm in Width (W) by fourteen (14) mm in Height (H).

9. Shall be zero (0) astigmatism at all wavelengths.

10. Resolution shall be equal at all points on the focal plane.

11. Wavelength accuracy shall be less than or equal to ± 0.2 nanometer (nm)

12. Wavelength repeatability shall be less than or equal to ± 0.015 nm.

13. Maximum drive step size shall be 0.002 nm.

14. Maximum size shall be 20.4 inches (in) (518 mm) in Length (L) by 17.7in (450 mm) in W by 8.5in (216 mm) in H.

15. Shall have at least two (2) computer interfaces, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) and a RS232 communication interface.

16. Shall include Power Supplies, USB Cables, and Trigger Cables.

17. Shall be able to be controlled by the software listed in CLIN 0011.

CLIN 0002 - Two (2) Internal Entrance Slit Shutters for the Spectrographs:

1. Shall be electro-mechanical and must have a millisecond (ms) shutter operation.

2. Shall be able to interface with the items list in CLIN 0001.

3. Shall be able to be controlled by a CCD camera.

CLIN 0003 - One (1) i3-030-500-p Ruled Grating, 68x68mm, groove density of 300 G/mm with 500 nm blaze wavelength:

1. Shall have a minimum absolute efficiency of seventy percent (70%) at 500 nm.

2. Shall be able to be mounted on the triple-grating turrets listed in CLIN 0001.

CLIN 0004 - One (1) i3-060-500-p Ruled Grating, 68x68mm, 600 G/mm with 500 nm blaze wavelength:

1. Shall have a minimum absolute efficiency of seventy percent (70%) at 500 nm

2. Shall be able to be mounted on the triple-grating turrets listed in CLIN 0001.

CLIN 0005 - One (1) i3-120-500-p Ruled Grating, 68x68mm, 1200 G/mm with 500 nm blaze wavelength:

1. Shall have a minimum relative efficiency of eighty percent (80%) at 500 nm

2. Shall be able to be mounted on the triple-grating turrets listed in CLIN 0001.

CLIN 0006 - One (1) i3-030-1200-p Ruled Grating, 68x68mm, 300 G/mm with 1200 nm blaze wavelength:

1. Shall have a minimum relative efficiency of eighty-five percent (85%) at 1100 nm

2. Shall be able to be mounted on the triple-grating turrets listed in CLIN 0001.

CLIN 0007 - One (1) i3-060-1250-p Ruled Grating, 68x68mm, 600 G/mm with 1250 nm blaze wavelength:

1. Shall have a minimum relative efficiency of eighty percent (80%) at 1100 nm

2. Shall be able to be mounted on the triple-grating turrets listed in CLIN 0001.

CLIN 0008 - One (1) i3-120-850-p Ruled Grating, 68x68mm, 1200 G/mm with 850 nm blaze wavelength:

1. Shall have a minimum relative efficiency of eighty percent (80%) at 1100 nm

2. Shall be able to be mounted on the triple-grating turrets listed in CLIN 0001.

CLIN 0009 - One (1) Wavelength and Intensity Calibration System:

1. Shall include National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) traceable intensity calibration light source.

2. Shall include wavelength calibration light source with integrated Mercury (Hg) and Neon-Argon (Ne-Ar) lamps.

3. Shall be able to interface with a computer via USB.

4. Shall be able to be mounted directly to the entrance slits of the spectrometers listed in CLIN 0001.

5. Shall be compatible with the spectrometers and cameras listed in CLIN 0001 and

CLIN 0010.

6. Shall be able to be controlled by the software listed in CLIN 0011.

CLIN 0010 - One (1) Digital CCD Camera:

1. Shall have back illuminated CCD.

2. CCD format shall be 1340 x 400 pixel resolution, twenty (20) microns (m) by twenty (20) (m) pixels with one-hundred percent (100%) fill factor.

3. Peak quantum efficiency shall be at least ninety percent (90%).

4. Minimum spectral response range shall be between 350 nm and 900 nm.

5. Cooling Type shall be thermoelectric cooling, with forced air, to at least negative seventy degrees (-70º) Celcius (C) stabilized at twenty degrees (20º) C ambient.

6. Shall have a minimum spectrometric well capacity of 250 ke- when the camera is in high sensitivity mode or 750 ke- when the camera is in high capacity mode.

7. Shall have a maximum system read noise of five (5) e- rms at one-hundred (100) kiloHertz (kHz) or sixteen (16) e- rms at two (2) MegaHertz (MHz).

8. Digital Output shall be sixteen (16) bit or higher.

9. Shall contain a USB2 interface to the computer.

10. Digitization Rate shall be able to reach up to two (2) MHz high frame rate.

11. Frame Rate shall be at least 315 frames per second (fps) at two (2) MHz, full vertical binning.

12. Shall have a dark current of 0.001 e- per second at negative seventy-five degrees (-75º) C.

13. The cameras shall be small, light, and compact with a maximum dimension of 16.3 centimeter (cm) (6.43in) by 11.8 cm (4.65in) by 11.4 cm (4.48in) (L x W x H) and the weight shall be 2.27 kilograms (kg) and shall be suitable for setting up multiple tabletop detection systems.

14. The camera shall include a Power Supply, a USB 2.0 Cable, and a Trigger Cable.

15. Shall be able to be controlled by the software listed in CLIN 0011.

CLIN 0011 - One (1) software package with built-in Math Engine:

1. Shall have full acquisition support for the spectrographs (CLIN 0001), Wavelength and Intensity Calibration System (CLIN 0009), and the required camera (CLIN 0010).

2. Shall have built-in math engine for real time and post-acquisition analysis.

3. Shall support Integrated LabView and Matlab softwares.

4. Shall include at least one (1) year of free maintenance upgrades.

CLIN 0012 - Three (3) Gold (Au) coating for Gratings:

1. Gold (Au) coating shall be applied for the gratings listed in CLIN 0006, CLIN 0007 and CLIN 0008 to cover spectral range from 600 nm to mid Infrared (IR).

CLIN 0013 - One (1) anti-reflective coating (ARC) Protected Gold (Au) mirrors:

1. The ARC protected Gold mirrors shall be designed for and mounted in one (1) spectrograph listed in CLIN 0001.

2. Shall have a reflectivity greater than ninety-nine percent (99%) in the VIS-NIR region.

CLIN 0014 – Shipping & Delivery to Aberdeen, MD

Delivery: Delivery is required within three (3) months after receipt of order. Delivery shall be made to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, 21005. Acceptance shall be performed at Destination. 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:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and has the lowest evaluated price of all offers meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors.

Technical Acceptability:

The technical acceptability element of the evaluation will be a determination as to whether the proposed product meets the performance characteristics and specifications in the solicitation. The Technical element of the evaluation shall be based solely on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, which is not identified in the proposal. To ensure sufficient information is available, vendors must furnish as part of their proposal all descriptive material (such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, or other information) necessary for the Government to determine whether the product meets the performance characteristics and specifications of the requirement. If the offeror proposes to modify a product so as to conform to the requirement of this solicitation, the offeror shall include a clear description of such proposed modifications and clearly mark any descriptive materials to show modifications.

Past Performance:

In accordance with DFARS 213.106-2, past performance will be evaluated using the statistical reporting module of the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS-SR), now known as Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), regarding the supplier’s past performance history for the Federal supply class (FSC) and product or service code (PSC) of the supplies being purchased.

Price:

Price will be evaluated based on the total proposed price, including options if any.

III. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer.

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: NONE.

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:

Provisions:

252.203-7005 REPRESENTATION RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF

FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (NOV 2011)

Clauses:

52.204-10 REPORTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRST-TIER

SUBCONTRACT AWARDS (JUL 2013)

52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT’ INTEREST WHE

SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (AUG 2013)

REREPRESENTATION (JUL 2013)

(JUL 2014)

MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING (AUG 2011)

52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (JUN

2008)

52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER—CENTRAL

CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (JUL 2013)

252.204-7015 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO LITIGATION

SUPPORT CONTRACTORS (FEB 2014)

PROGRAM (DEC 2012)

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):

Provisions:

52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (JUL 2015)

Clauses:

52.204-18 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE

MAINTENANCE (JUL 2015)

52.232-40 PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS

SUBCONTRACTORS

252.203-7000 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER

DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2011)

Full Text clauses:

ACC - APG POINT OF CONTACT (APR 2011)

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

TYPE OF CONTRACT (SEP 1999)

GOVERNMENT INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE (SEP 1999)

PAYMENT OFFICE (BANKCARD)

TAX EXEMPTION CERT. (ARL)

RECEIVING ROOM – APG

ADELPHI CONTR. DIVISION URL

PAYMENT TERMS

VII. This acquisition is rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) as C.

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

Place of Performance: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, 21005 image1.emf