Universal Tension Testing Machines

The United States Military Academy at West Point is seeking to procure two Universal Tension Testing Machines through a solicitation issued by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Fort Eustis. The machines will be used by the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering and must have a 100kN load frame capacity for performing tensile, compressive, and 3-point-bending material testing. Vendors must complete the Standard Form 1449 (SF1449) in its entirety, with specific instructions for filling out pricing, signatures, and representations. The contract will be awarded using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection method, with offerors required to precisely match the detailed specifications or risk being deemed non-responsive. All questions must be submitted to dayanna.wallace.civ@army.mil, and the proposal response is due by May 7, 2025, at 12:30 PM.

This solicitation is 100% set aside for small businesses under NAICS Code 334519, with a standard size limit of 600 employees. The machines will be installed in the Cyber Engineering and Academic Center (CEAC) building on Thayer Road at West Point, NY, with specific infrastructure requirements including 208v 3-Phase power compatibility. The performance period is from September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2026, with a two-month window for complete installation and implementation. The procurement is structured as a Firm Fixed Price contract, and vendors must provide comprehensive installation services, including transportation, unpacking, rigging support, facility connections, functional testing, calibration, and technician training. The machines must include advanced features such as a high-accuracy axial load cell, video extensometry, digital correlation software, touch-screen interface, ethernet connectivity, and a one-year standard maintenance and warranty.