SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Portable Continuous Ultra-fine PM Monitors
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-07-00140
- Response Due
- 5/28/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2007
- Description
- NAICS Code: 339111 THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is RFQ-RT-07-00140. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-16. The associated North Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 339111 and the business size standard is 500 employees. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates that a purchase order will be awarded as a small business set-aside, firm-fixed price purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This procurement is for the acquisition of seven continuous ultra-fine particulate matter (PM) monitors. The PM monitor must be portable; battery operated; AC adaptable; and, weigh 1.7kg or less. It must: 1) monitor particles 0.02 - 1 micrometer size range; 2) use water or isopropyl alcohol particle condensate (refilled after 8 hours); 3) measure 0 to 500,000 particles per cubic centimeter sensitivity; and, 4) log large numbers (1,000 hrs at one-minute intervals) of data points (RS-232 serial or USB port-retrievable on a computer). The monitor must be third-party listed. The monitors shall be delivered f.o.b. Destination to Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27703. The Government intends to award a single order to the lowest price quote that meets all Government specifications. Quotations must include sufficient material (such as narrative technical specifications, photos, brochures, etc.) to permit the government to determine that the proposed monitor will meet the EPA's minimum specifications. Any specific variances from the specifications shall be addressed by the vendor with respect to how the vendor=s proposal provides alternative equivalence. Laboratory apparatus contractors must be cognizant of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58); FAR Subpart 23.2; and, the Labs21 Program. Federal agencies shall procure ENERGY STAR-qualified or FEMP-designated products to the maximum extent practicable for energy efficiency in the EPA laboratories. The Government reserves the right to require additional pricing information, if necessary, to determine that the proposed price is reasonable. The following FAR provisions shall apply to this solicitation: 52 212 1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items. All offerors are to include, with their offer, a completed copy of provision 52.212 3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The following FAR clause applies to this acquisition: 52.212 4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses, which are cited in Clause 52.212 5, are applicable to this acquisition: 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222 26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222 35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222 36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222 37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.225 1, Buy American Act--Balance of Payments Program-Supplies; and, 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. Commercial Buy clauses for this RFQ are available on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Click on the REQUEST FOR QUOTATION section and click on the solicitation. Near the top of the page COMMERCIAL BUY CLAUSES AND FORMS sections are provided for your convenience. All offers are due by May 28, 2007, 3:00 p.m. EDT, by fax to: (919) 541-4273 or e-mail to: Mattison.Barbara@epa.gov. No telephone calls or faxed requests for the Request for Quotation will be honored.
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