1232SA26Q0778 - Combination Synopsis-Solicitation for Mercury Analyzer USDA ARS NEA Beltsville MD

The USDA Agricultural Research Service seeks one mercury analyzer on a brand name or equal basis, with quotations due July 8 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time and questions due June 30 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside (NAICS 334516, 1,000-employee size standard) issued as a Request for Quotation under FAR Part 12 combined synopsis-solicitation format.

Place of performance is Beltsville, Maryland (10300 Baltimore Avenue, Building 001, Room 124). The specified brand name is the Milestone Inc. Direct Mercury Analyzer evo Dual Cell Double Beam Analyzer (Part Number DMA8237), procured on a brand name or equal basis. The instrument must analyze soils, water, plant tissues, and other materials with a mercury detection limit of 0.001 ng, operating as a single fully integrated platform. The analyzer will support USDA ARS Northeast Area Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory research on mercury cycling and food safety under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The Government requires setup, delivery within 60 days after purchase order receipt, one day of user/operator maintenance training, one-year original factory warranty valid from installation date, and product manuals. Delivery is FOB Destination. The PSC code is 6640 (Laboratory Equipment and Supplies). Evaluation uses lowest price technically acceptable methodology, with technical acceptability as the primary gate and past performance evaluated as acceptable, neutral, or unacceptable. Offerors proposing equal products must provide detailed descriptive literature and documentation demonstrating compliance with salient characteristics. The procurement is subject to Buy American requirements and standard FAR and AGAR clauses. The contracting officer is Frank C. Palmer; Theodore Blume (theodore.blume@usda.gov, 850-819-8885) handles solicitation information and RFI submissions.