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Date: 2020.08.10 13:56:24 -05'00'

Courtney R. Hawkins

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Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

Force Calibration System

FFP

Two (2) Force Calibration System, 60K including shipping, set-up, and training for USATA labs IAW Attachment 001, Purchase Description.

NET AMT

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001AA 1

Force Calibration System

FFP

Ship to: Directorate, USATA Region Europe ROB Einsiedlerhof, Gate 8 Weilerbacher Strasse 611 Rheinland-Pfalz 67661 Kaiserslautern FOB: Destination

PSC CD: 5999

NET AMT

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001AB 1

Force Calibration System

FFP

U.S. Army TMDE Activity - Region Pacific

ATTN: ACL CHIEF

AMAM-TMD-PK, UNIT #15376, Bldg. S-684 Camp Carroll, Waegwan, Korea, ZIP: 39887

COM: 82-54-363-5348, DSN: 315-763-5348

FOB: Destination

PSC CD: 5999

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INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0001AA Destination Government Destination Government 0001AB Destination Government Destination Government

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

0001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0001AA 120 dys. ADC 1 DIRECTORATE, USATA REGION EUROPE

ROB EINSIEDLERHOF

GATE 8 WEILERBACHER STRASSE 611

RHEINLAND-PFA

KAISERSLAUTERN 67661

FOB: Destination

W80RA6

0001AB 120 dys. ADC 1 U.S. ARMY TMDE ACTIVITY - REGION

PACIFIC

ACL CHIEF

AMAM-TMD-PK, UNIT #15376, BLDG. S-

CAMP CARROLL, WAEGWAN 39887

FOB: Destination

W80RA6

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.203-15 Whistleblower Protections Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

JUN 2010

52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel JAN 2011 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and

Certifications.

DEC 2014

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items JUN 2020 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial

Items

JUN 2020

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items OCT 2018 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement

Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items

JUN 2020

52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors--Competitive Acquisition JAN 2017 52.222-3 Convict Labor JUN 2003 52.222-19 Child Labor -- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies JAN 2020 52.222-20 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment JUN 2020 52.222-21 Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities APR 2015 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons JAN 2019 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging

While Driving

JUN 2020

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases JUN 2008 52.232-1 Payments APR 1984 52.232-9 Limitation On Withholding Of Payments APR 1984 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations JUN 2013 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business

Subcontractors

DEC 2013

52.233-1 Disputes MAY 2014 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim OCT 2004 52.243-1 Changes--Fixed Price AUG 1987 52.249-1 Termination For Convenience Of The Government (Fixed

Price) (Short Form)

APR 1984

52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply & Service) APR 1984 52.249-14 Excusable Delays APR 1984 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD

Officials

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252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party

Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information

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MAY 2016

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DEC 2018

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CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://acquisition.gov/

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252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (DEC 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232- 7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s):

(i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher.

(ii) For fixed price line items—

(A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer.

COMBO

(B) For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the Contracting Officer.

(iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request.

(iv) For performance based payments, submit a performance based payment request.

(v) For commercial item financing, submit a commercial item financing request.

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC HQ0490 Issue By DoDAAC W9124P Admin DoDAAC** W9124P Inspect By DoDAAC W80RA6 Ship To Code W80RA6

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact.

Mr. Robbie Campbell: Robbie.j.campbell.civ@mail.mil (256) 876-9757

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

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PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

Force Calibration System

1. SCOPE

This Purchase Description is for a metrology grade automatic vertical force calibration load frame system with the capability of producing 60,000 lbf in tension and compression. The system will be used for the secondary calibration of Army transfer load cells and dynamometers . The system shall be commercial off the shelf (COTS) .The system shall operate in both automatic and manual mode. The system shall include a load cell indicator for the standard load cell. The system shall maintain compatibility with and incorporate the use of equipment already in the Army inventory, including: HBM MGC+ (see 3.7) as the device under test (DUT) indicator, Tovey Engineering CS Model load cells (see 3.6) as the reference load cells, and an Army HP laptop controller operating on Army Gold Master Windows 7 32-bit operating system (see 5 .2). Proposals shall demonstrate or indicate that the contractor's proposed equipment meets or exceeds each of the requirements listed in this specification.

2. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Standard Deviation: The calculated standard deviation of a calibration shall not exceed

0.0125% of Full Scale using techniques in ASTM E74 (section 7 and section 8.4).

Testing: Standard deviation of the system will be tested by comparing two Tovey Engineering CS Model load cells of equal range (2K, 10K, 25K, and 60K lbs) on the system. The standard cell to be used will be calibrated by the Army using a primary dead weight force machine. The standard cell achieves an approximate standard deviation of 0.005% Full Scale. The standard cell will be connected to the contractor-supplied indicator unit (see 3.8). The DUT cell will be connected to an Army HBM MGC+ indicator unit, with an accuracy of 0.0025% Full Scale. The standard deviation will be calculated from a thirty point calibration. Three runs will be made from 10% full-scale to 100 % full-scale, with the cell rotated 120 degrees between each run. Ten points will be taken on each run, spaced at 10% full-scale intervals

2.2 Range: Load Frame shall be capable of applying force from 200 to 60,000 lbf over a continuous range in both compression and tension.

2.3 Warm-Up Time: System shall be operational within an initial warm-up time of no more than 1 hour, not including time acclimating to ambient conditions.

2.4 Noise Exposure Level: System shall operate at noise no greater than 85 dBA.

2.5 5 Manual mode stability shall be 0.0002mV/V or better.

2.6 System shall produce a stable reading within 30 seconds in automatic mode.

3. FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1 System shall perform calibration in tension and compression without reconfiguration of load cells.

3.2 System shall be capable of operation in both manual and automatic control through the entire range.

3.3 System shall have remote interfaces through USB, RS-232C, and/or IEEE 488.2, and contractor shall provide programming command set for each item of the system.

3.4 System shall be capable of running a fully automated test sequence, which includes the following:

3.4.1 Fully exercise boththe standard and DUT.

3.4.2 Perform minimum of a 30 selectable point calibration over the continuous range from10% to100% of the standard load cell range, only requiring user interface to rotate the load cell.

3.4.3 Automated system shall calculate polynomial calibration equation with both force and mV/V as the independent variable.

3.5 System shall incorporate the Tovey Engineering Calibration (CS Model) Load Cells (CS10-2K-

B200, CS10-10K-B200, CS20-25K-B200, and CS20-60K-B200) as the standard loadcells, which are already in the Army Inventory. Army load cells do not have the same thread sizes as the standard CS model. Thread sizes can be provided on request.

3.6 System shallincorporate the HBM Model MGC+ (ML38 module using S40-USArmy version firmware) for the DUT indicator, which is already in the Army Inventory and is provided with Army transfer DUT load cells.

3.7 Contractor shall provide an indicator to be used in reading the standard load cell during the calibration. Indicator shall be capable of re-calibration with the standard load cells (see 3.6) by the US Army TMDE Primary Standards laboratory following ASTM E74 procedures. User manual, cabling (to include indicator to load cell and indicator to computer interface), and automation command set for the indicator shall be provided (see 3.3).

3.7.1 Accuracy: 0.003% FS ± digital count

3.7.2 Calibration Method: mV/V

3.7.3 Power Requirement: 115VAC 60Hz Standard U.S. electrical power.

3.7.4 Excitation: 5V or 10V

3.7.5 Range: ± 4.5 mV/V

3.7.6 Current Drive: 180 mA at 5 VDC or 10 VDC

3.8 System shall provide capabilities to re-program calibration coefficients on the HBM Model

MGC+ (ML38 module using S40-US Army version firmware) with the DUT load cells.

3.9 System shall include all necessary adapters for the following test connections:

3.9.1 Reference Load Cells: Army reference load cell models: (see 3.6)

3.9.2 DUT Load Cells:

Tovey load cell models: CS10-2K-B200, CS10-10K-B200, and CS20-25K-B200.

Dynamometer models: The system will require shackles/clevises for the Dillon 50K dynamometer model 30784-0033, ED-2000 (50K).

3.10 System shall include adapters that enable precise rotation of the DUT from its original starting position, to 120, and then to 240 degrees with respect to the standard.

4. MECHANICAL & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Total height of system shall not exceed 120 inches when fully extended .

4.2 Maximum working area height shall be large enough to incorporate all configurations of standard load cells and DUT load cells or standard load cells and DUT dynamometers with shackles (see 3.6 and 3.10).

4.3 Maximum weight of system shall not exceed 2000 lbs.

4.4 System shall include load cell cables, of at least 10ft in length, to connect indicators to load cells.

The Army's standard load cell used for both standard and DUT, is a calibration grade load cell with a cable connector MS3112El0-6P with the following pinout:

A is +Exc D is -Exc E is Remote sense -Exc F is Remote sense +Exc B is +Signal C is-Signal

4.5 System shall have sufficient leveling capabilities.

4.6 All item Part Numbers/Model Numbers, Manufacturer and Serial Number shall be identified clearly on each item in a location visible to the operator.

4.7 System shall operate on a standard 60Hz U.S. electrical power.

4.8 System shall operate in ambient conditions of 20±2◦ Cwithout loss of performance.

4.9 System shall operate in ambient conditions of 20 to 75% Relative Humidity without loss of performance.

5. CONTROLLER REQUIREMENTS

5.1 System shall be provided with installation program and installation instructions for any software required to operate the system and shall meet all requirements of the specification .

5.2 System software shall operate on Army HP ProBook 650 G1 Notebook controller, running with Army

Gold Master 10.0.2 Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 32-bit operating system. Laptop hardware specification will be available on request.

5.3 System software shall provide capabilities to re-program calibration coefficients on the Precision

Measurement Amplifier HBM Model MGC+/ML38 module, using S40-US Army version firmware, with the DUT load cells.

6. MANUAL

6.1 System shall include manuals with the following information:

6.1.1 Setup and installation instructions for the system and software.

6.1.2 Operational instructions for the system to perform the calibration and testing of all load cells and dynamometers listed in 3.10, complete with drawings and diagrams as necessary.

6.1.3 Complete list of accessory equipment required to complete a test sequence.

6.1.4 Complete peripheral automation command set (see 3.3).

6.1.5 Maintenance and troubleshooting procedures.

6.1.6 Complete parts breakdown of the system with manufacturer and part number.

6.2 For parts routinely ordered for maintenance or repair, a data sheet consisting of picture/drawing, dimensions, weight, and cost shall be provided.

7. INSTALLATION AND TRAINING

7.1 A system shall be delivered to each of the following destinations by contractor.

Directorate, USATA Region Europe ROB Einsiedlerhof, Gate 8 Weilerbacher Strasse 611 Rheinland- Pfalz 67661 Kaiserslautern

U.S. Army TMDE Activity - Region Pacific

ATTN: ACL CHIEF

AMAM-TMD-PK, UNIT #15376, Bldg. S-684 Camp Carroll, Waegwan, Korea, ZIP: 39887 COM:

82-54-363-5348, DSN: 315-763-5348

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7.2 Contractor shall perform complete installation of system on each site.

7.3 Contractor shall provide all hydraulic fluid needed for initial installation and training.

7.4 Contractor shall provide a minimum of 2 day on-site training after installation.

8. ACCEPTANCE

8.1 System will be inspected and accepted at the destination of delivery and training. After it has been fully installed, the system shall meet all requirements in this document.

9. WARRANTY

9.1 The system shall include a standard, commercial 3-year warranty.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

Quotes are due by 5:00 PM CST Friday August 21, 2020 and shall be emailed directly to:

marlon.a.ross.civ@mail.mil.

Any questions regarding this acquisition should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Marlon Ross at marlon.a.ross.civ@mail.mil. No phone calls please.

Please reference the combined synopsis/solicitation number in your correspondence and in the “Subject” line of your email.

EVALUATION FACTORS

Award will be made to the lowest price, technically acceptable, responsive, responsible offeror. In order for a quote to be found technically acceptable a quote must comply with all specifications listed in the Purchase Description. Quotes shall provide a concise written response as to how the manufacturer’s product meets each specification identified in the Purchase Description

NOTES TO OFFERORS

All items shall be delivered upon the Delivery Date and shipped FOB Destination to the locations stated in document W9124P-20-R-0008.

Early delivery is authorized at no additional cost to the Government.

The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.