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COMBO SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

1. Class Code: 7025

2. NAICS Code: 333244

3. Subject: Purchase of Dragonfly 2020 PRO that consist of the following:

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2. One (1) hybrid additive manufacture machine bundle
   
3. One (1) battery for power backup
   
4. One (1) material set of supplies
   
5. One (1) shipping and handling charge
   
6. Installation and training at Aberdeen Proving Ground
   

4. Solicitation Number: W911QX-19-Q-0024.

5. Set-Aside Code: Brand Name

6. Response Date: 12/29/2018

7. Place of Delivery/Performance:

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Army Research Laboratory,

Aberdeen Proving Ground, APG, MD

8. (i) The United States Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one Brand Name source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements" based on compatibility with existing Government-owned equipment. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with Nano Dimension Ltd, 3671 Enochs Street, Santa Clara, CA or their authorized resellers.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

(ii) The solicitation number is W911QX-19-Q-0024. This acquisition is issued as Request For Quotation (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-101, effective October 26, 2018.

(iv) This acquisition is set-aside for 333244. The small business size standard is 750 Employees.

(v) The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable):

CLIN 0001 One (1) hybrid additive manufacture machine bundle

CLIN 0002 One (1) battery for power backup

CLIN 0003 One (1) material set of supplies

CLIN 0004 One (1) shipping,handling charge,installation and training

(vi) Description of requirements:

The contractor shall provide a Hybrid Dragonfly 2020 PRO that meets the following characteristics:

The Government intends to procure one (1) hybrid additive manufacturing machine that prints three-dimensional (3-D) embedded electronic circuit, including one (1) set of material supplies, shipping and handling, installation and training.

The machine must have a printing accuracy of 0.001 millimeter (1 micron). The government needs this high accuracy for printing complex circuitry for high-g and high-impact applications.

The machine must able to accommodating 3-D printing volume of at least 200 x 200 x 10 millimeter (mm) and printing one (1) thermal curable silver ink and one (1) dielectric ink simultaneously to allow the Government to print parts with fully functional electronic circuitry. For example, a printed circuit board needs a conducting path and a dielectric material to hold the circuit board together. The conducting path must be embedded inside of the dielectric material.

The machine must be capable of accepting inks that are being developed by the Government. The Government needs the circuits to have 20 million to 63 million siemens per meter electrical conductivities.

To reduce the time of file manipulations and avoid file format incapability, the Government requires the inclusion of a built-in program to prepare Computer Aided Design (CAD) files to print and a control unit for printing, queuing, file process in the printer, accepting Gerber format, ODB++ format, and IPC 2581 format.

Lastly, the Government requires a machine that operates utilizing 100-120 voltage alternate current (VAC), 50-60 hertz (Hz).

(vii) Delivery is required by 1/24/2019 Delivery shall be made to U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, APG, MD. Acceptance shall be performed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, APG, MD. The FOB point is Aberdeen Proving Ground, APG, MD.

(viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this provision: None.

(ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. The specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of that provision are as follows:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and has the lowest evaluated price of all offers meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors.

The technical acceptability element of the evaluation will be a determination as to whether the proposed product meets the performance characteristics and specifications in the solicitation. The Technical element of the evaluation shall be based solely on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, which is not identified in the proposal. To ensure sufficient information is available, vendors must furnish as part of their proposal all descriptive material (such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, or other information) necessary for the Government to determine whether the product meets the performance characteristics and specifications of the requirement. If the offeror proposes to modify a product so as to conform to the requirement of this solicitation, the offeror shall include a clear description of such proposed modifications and clearly mark any descriptive materials to show modifications.

Past performance will not be evaluated. The Contracting Officer determines that past performance need not be evaluated the supply being purchased is of a low complexity that past performance information would not make a substantial difference.

Price will be evaluated based on the total proposed price, including options, (if any).

(x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer. N/A

(xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this clause NONE.

(xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items and the selected clauses listed in DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR/DFARS clauses cited in this clause are applicable:

52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS ON SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT (SEP 2006)

52.204-10 REPORTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRST-TIER SUBCONTRACT AWARDS (OCT 2016)

52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT' INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (OCT 2015)

52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (NOV 2016)

52.219-28 POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATION (JUL 2013)

52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR (JUN 2013)

52.222-19 CHILD LABOR-COOPERATION WITH AUTHORITIES AND REMEDIES (OCT 2016)

52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (APR 2015)

52.22-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (SEP 2016)

52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (OCT 2015)

52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (JUL 2014)

52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON SPECIAL DISABLED VETERANS, VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE VETERANS (FEB 2016)

52.222-40 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (DEC 2010)

52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (MAR 2015)

52.22-18 ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLICIES TO BAN TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING (AUG 2011)

52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (JUN 2008)

52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER-CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (JUL 2013)

52.232-36 PAYMENT BY THIRD PARTY (MAY 2014)

(xiii) The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply (full text of all FAR/DFARS clauses that contain fill-in information, as well as all local clauses, can be found in the attached Provisions and Clauses Full-Text document):

FAR:

52.203-3 GRATUITIES (APR 1984)

52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (JUL 2016)

52.204-18 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE MAINTENANCE (JUL 2016)

52.232-40 PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS (DEC 2013)

DFARS:

252.203-7000 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2011)

252.204-7000 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION (OCT 2016)

252.232-7003 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS AND RECEIVING REPORTS (JUN 2012)

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2013)

252.203-7005 REPRESENTATION RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (NOV 2011)

252.204-7008 COMPLIANCE WITH SAFEGUARDING COVERED DEFENSE INFORMATION CONTROLS (OCT 2016)

252.204-7011 ALTERNATIVE LINE ITEM STRUCTURE (SEP 2011)

252.204-7015 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO LITIGATION SUPPORT CONTRACTORS (MAY 2016)

252.211-7003 ITEM IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (MAR 2016)

252.222-7007 ADVANCING SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH (SEP 2016)

252.223-7008 PROHIBITION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (JUN 2013)

252.225-7000 BUY AMERICAN STATUTE-BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE (NOV 2014)

252.225-7001 BUY AMERICAN ACT AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM (DEC 2016)

252.225-7012 PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN DOMESTIC COMMODITIES (DEC 2016)

252.225-7031 SECONDARY ARAB BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL (JUN 2005)

252.225-7050 DISCLOSURE OF OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL BY THE GOVERNMENT OF A COUNTRY THAT IS A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM (OCT 2015)

252.232-7010 LEVIES ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS (DEC 2006)

252.243-7002 REQUESTS FOR EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT (DEC 2012)

252.244-7000 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUN 2013)

252.247-7022 REPRESENTATION OF EXTENT OF TRANSPORTATION BY SEA (AUG 1992)

252.247-7023 TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES BY SEA (APR 2014)

LOCAL CLAUSES:

ACC - APG POINT OF CONTACT

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

TYPE OF CONTRACT (Reference: 52.216-1)

GOVERNMENT INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

PAYMENT OFFICE (BANKCARD - INVOICES REQUIRED)

TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE (ARL)

RECEIVING ROOM REQUIREMENTS - ALTERNATE I (APG)

COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION PROVISIONS & CLAUSES (DFARS) (MAR 2017)

EXCEPTIONS OR CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN OFFEROR'S PROPOSAL

AWARD OF CONTRACT

ADELPHI CONTRACTING DIVISION WEBSITE

FOREIGN NATIONALS PERFORMING UNDER CONTRACT

PAYMENT TERMS

SUPERVISION OF EMPLOYEES

WORK HOURS

GOVERNMENT-CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIP

IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES

(xiv) This acquisition is rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) as N/A

(xv) The following notes apply to this announcement: NONE.

(xvi) Offers are due on 12/29/2018 by 11:59 A.M., eastern Standard Time (EST) via email to the Contract Specialist, Crystal Demby, crystal.l.demby.civ@mail.mil.

(xvii) For information regarding this solicitation, please contact Contract Specialist, Crystal Demby, crystal.l.demby.civ@mail.mil

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