Electroantennogram System
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12505B24Q0124
- Agency
- Midwest Area Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery, Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Columbia, Missouri 65203, United States
- Points of contact
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- Tiffany Reval tiffany.reval@usda.gov (580) 318-0321
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of an Electroantennogram System. The requirement is for a complete Electroantennogram System, including various components, to be used for analytical procedures at the Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory in Columbia, Missouri. The evaluation will use Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) criteria, considering technical factors such as meeting the specified equipment requirements and acceptable past performance. Offers are due by 11:00 PM EST on September 5, 2024 and must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist.
This solicitation is a 100% Total Small Business set-aside, issued under NAICS code 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The period of performance is from September 9, 2024 to December 9, 2024, with a delivery requirement of 120 days after award. The government has reserved the right to cancel the solicitation at any time.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
Amendment 1
LIST OF CHANGES:
Period Of Performance Start Date changed from 01-SEP-24 to 09-SEP-24
Period Of Performance End Date changed from 01-DEC-24 to 09-DEC-24
Bids due date : 26-AUG-24 changed to 05-SEP-24 at 2300 Eastern Time.
All other terms and conditions remain the same.
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The Agricultural Research Service, Plains Area Administrative office, Acquisition and Personal Property office intends to solicit and award a single firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of Electroantennogram System for Columbia, MO. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 – Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and 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. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under Request for Quotation (RFQ) number 12505B24Q0124.
This requirement is being solicited under NAICS code 334516, Live Animals, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing and is set-aside for 100% Total Small Business.
All FAR references are based off FAC 2024-05, Effective 22 May 2024.
This firm-fixed-priced award will be awarded as firm-fixed price contract. Delivery to Columbia, Missouri must occur within 120 days of award.
FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is applicable to this acquisition. An addendum will be added on page 11.
FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation of Offerors, is applicable to this acquisition.
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. FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures utilizing Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) factors will be used for the evaluation process. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
Technical Factor #1 –Electroantennogram provided meet all the specifications spelled out in Attachment 1. All addressed specifications must be addressed. Failure to not address any of the specifications will result in the vendors quote being found unacceptable.
Technical Factor #2 – Past performance will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2. Past Performance will be rated on an “acceptable” or “unacceptable” basis. The apparent successful, prospective contractor must have acceptable past performance. System for Award Management (SAM.gov) exclusions list, Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System, and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) shall be considered as part of the past performance evaluation process. Any past performance that is found to be “negative”, shall result in the entire Past Performance rating as “Unacceptable”. “Negative” is defined as any CPARS past performance evaluation rated less than “Satisfactory”, any Terminations for Default/Cause, or any negative performance references will be rated as ‘Unacceptable’. Note: In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.” Any past performance that is found to be “negative”, shall result in the entire Past Performance rating as “Unacceptable” making the overall Technical Acceptability as “Unacceptable”.
If an offeror receives an adjectival rating of “unacceptable” in any factor they may not be eligible for contract award.
Offeror must sign and date page 3 to acknowledge the 52.252-1 addendum along with all amendments posted to beta.sam.gov for 12505B24Q0124.
FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and no addendum has been added.
FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and applicable clauses within 52.212-5 to this acquisition have been marked with an X.
Other additional FAR Clauses have been added to this synopsis/solicitation. If they are incorporated by reference in this synopsis/solicitation, use acquisition.gov to read them in their entirety.
Submittals Formats: Only Electronic submissions via email will be accepted due to Contract Specialist working remotely.
Offers are due to the Contract Specialist, Mrs. Tiffany Reval, at Tiffany.Reval@usda.gov by 11:00 PM (EST) 26 August 2024.
For information regarding this synopsis/solicitation, please contact Mrs. Tiffany Reval, at Tiffany.Reval@usda.gov. Only written submitted questions sent via email will be given a response. They will be answered via a Questions from Industry posting to sam.gov. Due to USDA-ARS operating remotely, Mrs. Reval is only available via email.
Notice to Offeror(s): The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred.
Site Visit: N/A
Update #1 ·
The Agricultural Research Service, Plains Area Administrative office, Acquisition and Personal Property office intends to solicit and award a single firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of Electroantennogram System for Columbia, MO. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 – Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and 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. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under Request for Quotation (RFQ) number 12505B24Q0124.
This requirement is being solicited under NAICS code 334516, Live Animals, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing and is set-aside for 100% Total Small Business.
All FAR references are based off FAC 2024-05, Effective 22 May 2024.
This firm-fixed-priced award will be awarded as firm-fixed price contract. Delivery to Columbia, Missouri must occur within 120 days of award.
FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is applicable to this acquisition. An addendum will be added on page 11.
FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation of Offerors, is applicable to this acquisition.
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. FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures utilizing Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) factors will be used for the evaluation process. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
Technical Factor #1 –Electroantennogram provided meet all the specifications spelled out in Attachment 1. All addressed specifications must be addressed. Failure to not address any of the specifications will result in the vendors quote being found unacceptable.
Technical Factor #2 – Past performance will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2. Past Performance will be rated on an “acceptable” or “unacceptable” basis. The apparent successful, prospective contractor must have acceptable past performance. System for Award Management (SAM.gov) exclusions list, Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System, and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) shall be considered as part of the past performance evaluation process. Any past performance that is found to be “negative”, shall result in the entire Past Performance rating as “Unacceptable”. “Negative” is defined as any CPARS past performance evaluation rated less than “Satisfactory”, any Terminations for Default/Cause, or any negative performance references will be rated as ‘Unacceptable’. Note: In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.” Any past performance that is found to be “negative”, shall result in the entire Past Performance rating as “Unacceptable” making the overall Technical Acceptability as “Unacceptable”.
If an offeror receives an adjectival rating of “unacceptable” in any factor they may not be eligible for contract award.
Offeror must sign and date page 3 to acknowledge the 52.252-1 addendum along with all amendments posted to beta.sam.gov for 12505B24Q0124.
FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and no addendum has been added.
FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and applicable clauses within 52.212-5 to this acquisition have been marked with an X.
Other additional FAR Clauses have been added to this synopsis/solicitation. If they are incorporated by reference in this synopsis/solicitation, use acquisition.gov to read them in their entirety.
Submittals Formats: Only Electronic submissions via email will be accepted due to Contract Specialist working remotely.
Offers are due to the Contract Specialist, Mrs. Tiffany Reval, at Tiffany.Reval@usda.gov by 11:00 PM (EST) 26 August 2024.
For information regarding this synopsis/solicitation, please contact Mrs. Tiffany Reval, at Tiffany.Reval@usda.gov. Only written submitted questions sent via email will be given a response. They will be answered via a Questions from Industry posting to sam.gov. Due to USDA-ARS operating remotely, Mrs. Reval is only available via email.
Notice to Offeror(s): The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred.
Site Visit: N/A
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sol_12505B24Q0124_Amd_0001.pdf | ||
| Attachment 1 - Statement of Work.pdf | ||
| Sol_12505B24Q0124.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Electroantennogram System | Award Notice | |
| Electroantennogram System | Solicitation | |
| Electroantennogram System | Pre-Solicitation | |
| Electroantennogram System | Pre-Solicitation | |
| Electroantennogram System | Pre-Solicitation |
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