Spectroradiometer

This amendment adds the revised purchase description and extends the due date for receipt of offers. Purchase description 18E-116A-FI Rev. 5 dated 31 August 2018 is added and supersedes Purchase Description 18E-116A-FI Rev. 4 dated 17 August 2018. The due date for receipt of offers is extended to 6 September 2018 at 2:00 PM Eastern. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged..

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS). These regulations are available electronically at the Air Force FAR site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation for which a Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any).
The RFQ number is FA2263-18-Q-A017 and shall be referenced on any offer submitted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334515 and the business size standard is 750 employees. This RFQ is being solicited as unrestricted.
AFMETCAL at Heath OH intends to award a firm fixed price contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) in accordance with FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, for the purchase of a Spectroradiometer with technical manual and 3-year commercial warranty.
Products offered shall be commercial items or commercially available off-the shelf (COTS) items meeting the definitions in FAR Part 2. Items proposed shall be new units. Reconditioned, remanufactured, or used items are not acceptable and shall not be proposed. The units must meet the requirements of Purchase Description 18E-116A-FI, Rev. 4, dated 17 August 2018, included in List of Attachments, Attachment 1, to the RFQ. The RFQ with applicable documents are available for download at this site. Please review ALL documents carefully.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OFFERORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at SAM and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payment (invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Invoicing, Receipt, Acceptance, and Property Transfer (iRAPT) through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) e-Business Suite is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at no cost to the contractor. Contractors must complete vendor training, which is also available at no cost at https://wawf.eb.mil. Prior to submitting invoices in the production system, contractors must register for an account at https://wawf.eb.mil/.
Offers MUST:
(1) be valid for a period of 90 days,
(2) be for the item described in the purchase description (List of Attachments, Attachment 1),
(3) be for a new unit (not reconditioned, remanufactured, or used unit),
(4) be FOB Destination,
(5) include a delivery schedule, if unable to meet delivery schedule in the Deliveries or Performance Section,
(6) include copy of commercial price list,
(7) include name of and be signed by an authorized company representative along with telephone number, facsimile number, and email address,
(8) include taxpayer identification number (TIN), CAGE Code Number and DUNS Number,
(9) include a technical proposal that includes a written response to each paragraph of the PD,
(10) include copy of offeror's 3-year commercial warranty,
(11) include completed pricing in Supplies or Services and Prices/Cost Section,
(12) completed FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. Offerors shall ensure information in SAM is current.
The Government reserves the right to incorporate the successful offeror's technical proposal into any contract resulting from this solicitation.
Offers must be received no later than 4 September 2018 at 2:00 PM EDT. Offerors must be submitted electronically through AMRDEC SAFE, https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/Welcome.aspx to Thomas.Carson.2@us.af.mil . Offerors can submit under a guest account and upon email verification, the Contract Specialist can then download the files from the site. Please note that the uploaded files must be timestamped by the offer due date and time. Receipt date and time for determining timely submission will be based upon date and time AMRDEC Safe shows the files were uploaded. Offerors bare the risk for receipt of submitted offers being untimely. Any offer or modifications to the offer received after the exact time specified for receipt of offers/quotes may not be considered. Offers submitted in forms other than through AMRDEC Safe are not permissible and will not be considered. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which if received timely shall be considered by this agency..