SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- ZetaPALS
- Notice Date
- 1/20/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contracting Office
- 109 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQXPE004
- Response Due
- 1/31/2011
- Archive Date
- 7/30/2011
- Point of Contact
- Name: Pamela Smith, Title: Purchasing Agent, Phone: 9195410635, Fax: 9195411075
- E-Mail Address
-
smith.pamela@epa.gov;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, as applicable, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is RFQXPE004 and is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-48. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 423450 with a small business size standard of 100.00 employees. This requirement is unrestricted and only qualified offerors may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2011-01-31 16:30:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Narragansett, RI 02882 The Environmental Protection Agency requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following: LI 001, Brookhaven InstrumentsZetaPALS Zeta potential analyzer for colloidal suspensions, Comprises: 35 mW solid state laser, conductance, pH, and temperature sensors. System uses Phase Analysis Light Scattering to measure the average mobility and zeta potential in high salts, in organic solvents, in oils. The average is not distorted by diffusion broadening. Thus, very small particles, if the scattering is sufficient, yeild electrophoretic mobilities and zeta potentials. Also includes the BI-Zeta option which allows the measurement of mobility distributions and determination od zeta potential distributions using electrophoretic light scattering.With internal computer system: Celeron CPU, 2 GHz, 512MBytes of RAM, 250 GByte Enhanced IDE hard drive, DVD-RW, SVGA color graphics, 17" color flat panel monitor, 4 USB ports, 10/100 Mbps LAN conector, keyboard, mouse, WindowsXP installed, color inkjet printer., 1, EA; LI 002, BI-APD Alvalanche photodiode high sensitivity light detection from weal scatters., 1, EA; LI 003, BI-MAS Particle sizing option. for dynamic light scattering at 15 and 90 degrees., 1, EA; LI 004, BI-SREL Solvent-resistant electrode assembley, for use with organic solvents., 1, EA; LI 005, BI-LTX92 Referance colloid. 92 nm latex for particle sizing., 1, EA; LI 006, BI-ZR3 Zeta potential reference material., 1, EA; LI 007, BI-ZEL Standard electrode assembly for aqueous dispersions., 1, EA; LI 008, BI-ELECCK Electrode cleaning kit wand and polishing strips., 1, EA; LI 009, BI-SCP 100 plastic cell/caps for use with water and simple polar solvents., 3, EA; LI 010, BI-DLSW Advanced correlator control software for dynamic light scattering., 1, EA; LI 011, BI-ISDAW Package of size distribution software programs for analysis of correlation data. Includes double-exponential, exponential sampling, non-negatively constratined least squares, (Multiple pass) and Contin algorithns for analysis of size distributions., 1, EA; LI 012, BI-SCG Box of ten glass cuvettes with Teflon lids, for measurements in organic solvents., 1, EA; LI 013, BI-OSIT On-site installation and training. Factory personnal will travel to your facility, set up and teach instrument operation, 1, EA; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***Question Submission: Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' feature at www.fedbid.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, Environmental Protection Agency intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Environmental Protection Agency is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, notify the point of contact or FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Use of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) directly to the point of contact in the FBO notice, so that they are received at that email address no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The government intends to award a single purchase order to the responsible vendor whose quotation meet all the required specifications and represents the over all best value to the Government.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/FEDBIB/WASHFEDBID/RFQXPE004/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Narragansett, RI 02882
- Zip Code: 02882
- Zip Code: 02882
- Record
- SN02363346-W 20110122/110120234333-cb4bc02e3bb2fcfb09ae4193a7b5b885 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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