Mettler-Toledo Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is issuing the following Brand Name or Equal Request for Quote (RFQ) for Mettler-Toledo Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) per the attached specifications requirement. This requirement is a total small business set-aside. Only quotes submitted by small business concerns will be accepted by the Government. Any quote that is submitted by a contractor that is not a small business concern will not be considered for award.

Interested vendors are strongly encouraged to submit their quotation on the attached RFQ Standard Form (SF) 18, and provide all supporting documents, as necessary, via FedConnect portal at www.fedconnect.net, by the due date and time indicated in Block 10 of the RFQ SF-18. The vendor’s quotation may also be accepted via email to the Contract Specialist assigned to this requirement, Arturo Manantan, at arturo.manantan@netl.doe.gov. If submitting a quote and/or other documents via FedConnect, please do not also submit via email.

EVALUATION:
To be considered for evaluation, vendors must quote on all items/services listed in the solicitation. The Government anticipates issuing a single award from this RFQ. Selection will be based on the vendor’s quotation that is considered technically acceptable with the lowest firm-fixed price quote. Vendors shall submit descriptive literature detailing features, technical capabilities and warranty data, as necessary. Technical acceptability shall be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted in response to this solicitation, and will be based on the brand name or equal items meeting the salient characteristics of those items included within this RFQ. Therefore, it is essential that vendors provide sufficient technical literature, documentation, etc., in order for the Government evaluation team to make an adequate technical assessment of the quote as meeting technical acceptability.