Aquarium Touch Tank

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), on behalf of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), Woods Hole Massachusetts, requires a wheelchair assessable aquarium (touch-tank) to support the NEFSC Woods Hole Aquarium as specified in the solicitation and statement of work. 

The purpose of this announcement constitutes a pre-solicitation announcement of a proposed contract action pursuant to FAR 5.204.  This is not a solicitation.  No response is requested at this time.  A formal solicitation will follow this announcement with full details, including a response deadline, complete pricing schedule, statement of work, site visit and instructions to offerors.  The formal solicitation is expected to occur on or around 11 August 2020; hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued. 

  INTERESTED PARTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND THE FORMAL SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. 

The solicitation will be issued as a 100% small business set-aside.  The NAICS code is 712130 with a size standard of $27.5M. 

Description of Requirement:  Required Specification are incorporated into the Statement of Need identifying Essential Salient Features – Go/No Go requirements to be utilized for evaluation purposes.  Delivery location of requirement:  NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts  02543-1026.

Required Delivery Date:  90 days after receipt of order.

Solicitation will be issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, effective August 3, 2020. 

This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Procedures.  The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price contract to the contractor whose offer represents the Best Value based on price and non-price evaluation factors (Price & Technical Specifications).  The solicitation number is 1333MF­20­Q­NFFM-0052; Hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued.

It is incumbent upon the contractors to monitor the FedBizOpps site for the solicitation release (update to pre-solicitation) and all subsequent amendments. The anticipated award date will be on or around August 5, 2020.  This acquisition will be awarded as a firm fixed price order under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 12 (Commercial Acquisition) and FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition)). All responsible small business sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency.

Firms offering a response to this notice shall ensure that they are registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), www.sam.gov, prior to submission of proposals. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the SAM. Award will not be issued to vendors not actively registered within SAM.  For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site:  https://www. https://www.sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/index.jsf. In order to register with the SAM and be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors shall also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet online at: http://www.dnb.com/ or by phone at (844) 239-8841.