Combination Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Purchases (Under SAT) Amendment 0001.pdf

COMBO SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate a revision to the Salient

Characteristics and to extend the response date to 30 July 2021. All changes are highlighted in yellow.

1. Solicitation Number: W911QX21Q0159

2. Title: SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR ONE (1) HALL MEASUREMENT

SYSTEM.

3. Classification Code: 66

4. NAICS Code: 334515

5. Response Date: 07/30/2021 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.

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 Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-06 effective 12 July 2021.

For purposes of this acquisition, the associated NAICS code is 334515. The small business size standard is 750 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) Hall Measurement System in accordance with the Salient

Characteristics listed below in the Specification/Requirements section, each

CLIN 0002: One (1) license for software for the Hall Measurement System in accordance with the Salient Characteristics listed below in the

Specification/Requirements section, each

CLIN 0003: One (1) delivery, installation, setup, and re-testing at the Adelphi

Laboratory Center (ALC) in Adelphi, MD 20783-1138 in accordance with the Salient

Characteristics listed below in the Specification/Requirements section, each

CLIN 0004: The Contractor shall provide a minimum of sixteen (16) hours over two

(2) days of on-site training at Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland for up to four (4) ARL employees/contractors on machine operation, provided software usage, and general maintenance, one (1) job

CLIN 0005: The Contractor shall provide a Service Agreement that supports the following including, but not limited to, the identification of software issues, software updates, machine/hardware problems, trouble-shooting and technical support via phone for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of Government acceptance of machine. The Contractor shall include in the Service Agreement, four (4) hours of availability at a minimum between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00PM Eastern

Standard Time (EST) each day, Monday through Thursday, excluding federal holidays, for trouble-shooting and technical support appointments when needed by

ARL, one (1) job

Specifications/Requirement:

Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001: The Contractor shall deliver one (1) Hall Measurement System with a magnetic field up to three (3) Tesla, a sample holder to accommodate a ten (10) millimeter (mm) sample, and an automated measurement of the Hall Effect parameters. The system's electronics must also be programmable to allow various electrical measurements in the presence of a magnetic field. The complete machine shall be fabricated, tested, and verified to be compliant with the below specifications at the vendor’s facility prior to being shipped to, installed, and fully operational at the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, Maryland before Government acceptance. The machine shall fulfill the following minimum specifications:

Shall include an electromagnet with an indexable air gap between the poles, so that the air gap can be switched into indexed positions and the magnetic field parameters and settings will be repeatable for each index. The available indexed air gaps shall include 10+/-3 mm, 25+/-5 mm, and 50+/-8 mm.

Shall include a maximum magnetic field of at least three (3) Tesla at the air gap between the poles of seven (7) mm or larger. The magnetic field shall include a uniformity of +/-0.5% or better over one (1) cubic centimeter (cm3) in the center between the magnet poles.

Shall include a bipolar magnet power supply. The main Hall system software on the computer shall be able to control the magnetic field continuously from the maximum field to the maximum in the reverse direction.

Shall include a closed loop field control. The system shall have a magnetometer and control mechanism linked to the magnet power supply, which will set precisely the desired magnetic field based on the magnetometer reading and will keep the field stable over time.

Shall include sample holder cards for Hall measurements in the Van der Pauw configuration (four (4) probes) with spring loaded contact clips. The system shall also include sample holder cards with a minimum of six (6) soldered contact pads on each card. The Van der Pauw cards shall hold 5 x 5 x 0.5 mm sample plates with spring loaded contact clips making top contacts at the corners. The system shall include a magnet insert attachment to hold the sample card between the magnet poles. The maximum achievable magnetic field shall be at least 2.2 Tesla with the sample holder card and its insert attachment in place between the magnet poles.

The electrical leads on the sample cards shall be guarded against external electromagnetic noise and current leakage.

Shall include measurement hardware, computer, and software to perform automated Hall Effect measurements in Van der Pauw geometry from a sample mounted on the sample card in the magnet system. The measurement hardware, computer, and software shall be capable of completing Hall analysis in less than one (1) minute without the need of the magnetic field reversal.

Shall allow the user to write and execute his/her own custom programs (scripts) to be able to perform electrical measurements in the presence of a magnetic field at set voltages and currents. The software and the hardware shall allow the user to measure voltages and currents on the sample with fixed or swept parameters, such as magnetic field (e.g. V_Hall vs. field sweep), time (e.g. V_Hall vs time graph in constant field i.e. the voltage stability test), current (e.g. V_Hall vs I_Hall graph). The system shall ensure the scripts and sequences can be saved for routine use. The system and the software shall allow the user to program third party instruments integrated with the system by the end user.

Shall have the ability to measure low Hall charge carrier mobility within the range extending down to the value of 0.01 square centimeter by volt times seconds (cm2/V*s) at room temperature.

Shall have the ability to measure samples with two (2)-terminal resistances up to two hundred (200) GigaOhm at room temperature.

Shall include capability for supplying an auxiliary, external Direct Current (DC) bias or current to the mounted sample through the sample holder card.

Shall include a fitted magnet insert part for Elevated Temperature (ET) operation, which has an enclosed sample holder with at least four (4) electrically connected metal clips to contact 5x5 mm sample wafers without the need to solder or wirebond.

The elevated temperature sample holder enclosure shall be pumped out by a mechanical pump to approximately 100 millitorr (mTorr). The temperature operation range shall be from 310⁰ Kelvin (K) to 1200 ⁰K. Shall have the ability to fill in the sample enclosure of the ET insert by an inert gas after pumping it out. Shall have the maximum achievable magnetic field of at least 1.5 Tesla with the ET insert and the sample card in place between the poles. Shall have the capability of a variable temperature control of the sample in the ET insert attachment. Shall have the temperature control that is integrated into the main software that performs the automated Hall measurements, so that temperature readings can be recorded together with the Hall data.

Shall include a closed-loop water chiller to provide a continuous supply of water at a constant temperature and flow rate to the Hall Measurement System, if the system requires water-cooling. The Hall System and the water chiller must be capable of able operating in a lab that does not have water outlets.

Shall include one (1) user manual/reference guide.

Shall include an extended five (5) year warranty that will cover all the parts of the system, including both the products produced by the Contractor and the products purchased by the Contractor from other vendors.

CLIN 0002: The Contractor shall provide one (1) license for software for the Hall Measurement System that meets the following minimum specifications and is valid for a minimum of five (5) years:

Shall provide software that is compatible with Windows 10 Operating System for working offline with the capability to export data files with the results of the measurements on the Hall system. The preferred exported data file formats are Microsoft Excel, comma-separated values (CSV), and plain text.

Shall provide updates to the software, at no additional charge, compatible with future updated versions of the Operating System for minimum of five (5) years.

Shall provide one (1) user manual in English for the software.

CLIN 0003: The Contractor shall provide delivery, installation, setup, and re-testing at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) in Adelphi, MD 20783-1138 with the conditions specified below:

Shall provide delivery to Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) truck shipments are accepted at Building #102, Receiving Room, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1138.

Shall install the Hall Measurement System at 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1138.

CLIN 0004: The Contractor shall provide a minimum of sixteen (16) hours over two (2) days of on-site training at Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland for up to four (4) ARL employees/contractors on machine operation, provided software usage, and general maintenance.

CLIN 0005: The Contractor shall provide a Service Agreement that supports the following including, but not limited to, the identification of software issues, software updates, machine/hardware problems, trouble-shooting and technical support via phone for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of Government acceptance of machine. The

Contractor shall include in the Service Agreement, four (4) hours of availability at a minimum between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) each day, Monday through Thursday, excluding federal holidays, for trouble-shooting and technical support appointments when needed by ARL.

Delivery: Delivery is required by fourteen (14) weeks After Date of Contract (ADC).

Delivery shall be made to U.S Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD 20783-

1138. Acceptance shall be performed at Government. 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:

In accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), comparative evaluation procedures will be utilized. Comparative evaluation is the comparison of all offers received in response to this solicitation against each other. An item-by-item comparison of each offer to one another will be performed to determine which offer provides the most benefit to the Government. Award will be made to the offer that is most advantageous to the Government. The Government may award to the lowest priced offeror that meets the Government’s minimum requirements; however, the

Government reserves the right to award to a higher priced offeror exceeding the minimum requirements if it is most advantageous to the Government. In order to be considered for award, an offer must meet the Government’s minimum technical requirement contained in this solicitation. The below evaluation factors will be utilized during evaluation (in no order of relative importance):

Price

Technical Capabilities/Specification

Past Performance

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:

FAR:

52.204-10

REPORTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRST-

TIER SUBCONTRACT AWARDS (OCT 2018)

52.209-6

PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT’ INTEREST WHEN

SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED,

SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (OCT

2015)

52.219-4

NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE FOR

HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (MAR 2020)

(DEVIATION 2020-O0008)

52.219-6

NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (OCT

2020) (DEVIATION 2020-O0008)

52.219-28

POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

REREPRESENTATION (MAY 2020)

52.219-33 NONMANUFACTURER RULE (MAR 2020)

52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR (JUN 2003)

52.222-19

CHILD LABOR--COOPERATION WITH AUTHORITIES AND

REMEDIES (JAN 2020) (DEVIATION 2020-O0019)

52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (APR 2015)

52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (SEP 2016)

52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (OCT 2015)

52.222-36

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH

DISABILITIES (JUL 2014)

52.222-37

EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON SPECIAL DISABLED

VETERANS, VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA, AND

OTHER ELIGIBLE VETERANS (FEB 2016)

52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (JAN 2019)

52.223-18

ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLICIES TO BAN TEXT

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 (OCT 2018)

52.232-36 PAYMENT BY THIRD PARTY (MAY 2014)

DFARS:

252.203-7005

REPRESENTATION RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF

FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (NOV 2011)

252.204-7015

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO LITIGATION

SUPPORT CONTRACTORS (MAY 2016)

252.204-7016

COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES—REPRESENTATION (DEC

2019)

252.204-7017

PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITON OF COVERED

DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR

SERVICES—REPRESENTATION (DEC 2019)

252.204-7018

PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF COVERED

DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR

SERVICES (DEC 2019)

252.213-7000

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE SUPPLIERS ON USE OF PAST

PEFORMANCE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM—

STATISTICAL REPORTING IN PAST PERFORMANCE

EVALUATIONS (MAR 2018)

252.223-7008 PROHIBITION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (JUN 2013)

252.225-7000

BUY AMERICAN STATUTE—BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

PROGRAM CERTIFICATE (NOV 2014)

252.225-7001

BUY AMERICAN ACT AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

PROGRAM (DEC 2017)

252.232-7010 LEVIES ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS (DEC 2006)

252.244-7000 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUN 2013)

252.246-7008 SOURCES OF ELECTRONIC PARTS (MAY 2018)

252.247-7023 TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES BY SEA (FEB 2019)

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 (OCT 2018)

52.204-13

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE

(OCT 2018)

52.204-16

COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE

REPORTING (AUG 2020)

52.204-18

COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE

MAINTENANCE (AUG 2020)

52.232-40

PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL

BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS (DEC 2013)

DFARS:

252.203-7000

REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF

FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2011)

252.204-7000 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION (OCT 2016)

252.232-7003

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS

AND RECEIVING REPORTS (JUN 2012)

FAR FILL-IN/FULL TEXT CLAUSES:

52.204-24

REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (OCT 2020)

52.204-26

COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR

SERVICES-REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020)

52.252-1

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

DFARS FILL-IN/FULL TEXT CLAUSES:

252.211-7003 ITEM IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (MAR 2016)

252.232-7006

WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (DEC

2018)

LOCAL CLAUSES:

ACC - APG POINT OF CONTACT

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

TYPE OF CONTRACT

GOV INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

PAYMENT OFFICE (BANKCARD)

TAX EXEMPTION CERT. (ARL)

PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

RECEIVING ROOM – ALC

EXCEPTIONS IN PROPOSAL

AWARD OF CONTRACT

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

ADELPHI CONTR. DIVISION URL

FOREIGN NATIONALS PERFORMING

PAYMENT TERMS

DFARS COMMERCIAL CLAUSES

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

(DPAS) as N/A.

VIII. The following notes apply to this announcement: This purchase will be utilizing

FAR Part 13 therefore, no contract financing will be provided.

Place of Performance: Contractor Facility

Set Aside: N/A

7/26/2021

X Ariel M. Amey

Contracting Officer (KO)

Signed by: AMEY.ARIEL.M.1469952971