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This solicitation amendment replaces section E. Evaluation Clause with the following clause below.

All other terms and conditions and response date remain the same.

E.1 52.212-2 Evaluation- Commercial Items

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical acceptability shall be established by review of each submitted quote, attachments, and/or information by the designated technical evaluator/s and verification that any brand name or equal to items" or type of Liquid Nitrogen meet all the rental requirements and delivery requirements as included in this solicitation. No other rating or quantitative value other than acceptable or unacceptable will be assigned.

Once technical acceptability has been established, the Contracting Officer shall award to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.