6515--Bacterial Cultivation Jar System

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; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 36C25723Q1257 is issued as a request for quote (RFQ).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-01.

This solicitation is issued as unrestricted, full, and open competition, with the associated NAICS code of 334516, which has a small business size standard of 1000 employees.

See attached price/cost schedule for the contract line-item number(s), quantities, and options requested in this solicitation.

This requirement is for providing an Bacterial Cultivation Jar System.

The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See page 24 of the solicitation for additional submission requirements.

The provision at FAR 52.212-2 (please see page 25 of the solicitation), Evaluation-Commercial Items, is used in this solicitation. Evaluation factors for the solicitation are Technical Capability, Past Performance and Price. Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than Price. Evaluation of Offers will be conducted by comparative evaluation of offers. Technical capability will be evaluated based on the specifications and capabilities of the proposed instrument to the specifications of the requested instrument identified in the solicitation. See solicitation provisions 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal, 52.214-21, Descriptive Literature and VAAR provision 852-212-71, Gray Market Items. Instruments that do not meet or exceed the testing capabilities of the requested instrument will be assessed as not capable. The government will evaluate Past Performance by a review of records found in government past performance systems and may evaluate other past performance records found for the offeror. Price will be evaluated as that which meets the governments needs to determine price as fair and reasonable.

Offerors who have submitted an annual online representations and certifications (FAR provision 52.212-3) in the Systems and Award Management (SAM) do NOT need to return a completed copy of the provision with their proposal. Offerors must be registered and have completed the provision at FAR 52.212-3 in SAM to be considered for an award from this solicitation.

The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See attached schedule regarding the additional FAR clauses cited within the clause that are applicable to this acquisition.

This acquisition includes additional submission requirements as follows:

Offerors should complete the contractor information, page 1 of the SF1449; block 12, discount terms, if applicable; blocks 17, contractor information; and blocks 30, Offeror/Contractor printed name, title, and signature.

Offerors are to provide pricing with their offer. Offerors may complete the price/cost schedule in the SF1449 or may provide pricing in their own format (MS Word, Excel, or PDF document).

This solicitation includes FAR provisions 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal, and 52.214-21, Descriptive Literature. Offerors must include a description of the proposed instrument with their offer. If an analyzer Equal to the requested item is proposed, the offer must include descriptive literature that describes the specifications and capabilities of the instrument. This solicitation includes VAAR clause 852.212-71, Gray Market Items. Only new OEM medical equipment will be considered.

Questions regarding information in the solicitation must be submitted in writing to the Point of Contact (POC), Ognian Ivanov, by email at ognian.ivanov@va.gov It is requested that all questions be submitted no later than August 28, 2023.

Offers are due by August 30, 2023, by 10:00 AM CST. Offers must submitted by email to Ognian Ivanov via email ognian.ivanov@va.gov Due to email constraints by the VA, it is requested that emails sent to the POC be no larger than 8MB. Do NOT submit offers in the form of ZIP files; VA servers typically do not transfer all of the contents of ZIP files.

Please see Solicitation Attachment

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