REPAIR, REFURBISH AND CALIBRATE 20 EXISTING WETLABS WATER QUALITY MONITORS
THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR 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 Request for Quotation (RFQ) number is NFFKHC40-14-02968. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-74.
This procurement is full and open. The FSC for this is J066 and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334516, small business size standard is 500 employees.
The U.S. Dept of Commerce, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, Annapolis, MD, has a requirement for the following services:
LI 0001: Service 10 existing water quality monitors in accordance with the following statement of work 10 EA tiny_mce_marker_______/each__
Water Quality Monitoring Equipment and Service Specifications
Requisition:
Introduction:
The water quality monitoring equipment and service that is being requested is in direct support of the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS). These specifications describe the need by the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) in furtherance of its assigned mission areas and support for the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System.
The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office would like to purchase 2 Water quality monitoring (WQM) sensors and have up to 10 existing Wetlabs WQM sensors repaired, refurbished & calibrated. The specifications are listed below. It is expected that the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office would receive the new WQM's within 90 days of the start of the purchase order. The repair, refurbishment & calibration of the existing WQM's will occur as needed throughout a 1 year period.
Specifications:
The equipment will be mounted in the water on a stainless steel frame through the ‘moon pool' of an AXYS Watchkeeper oceanographic buoy in the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS). It must be size- , plug-, and data output compatible with existing Wetlabs WQM hardware to enable direct substitution in the field.
Size < 70 cm length, <20 cm maximum cross section width
Plug mates with MCIL-6-FS (on buoy cable)
Sensed Parameters Range Accuracy Resolution
Temperature -5 to 35 deg C 0.002 deg C 0.001 deg C
Conductivity 0 to 9 S/m 0.003 S/m 0.0005 S/m
Pressure/Depth 0 - 100 m 0.1% FS 0.01% FS
Dissolved Oxygen 120% 0.1 mg/l 0.01 mg/l
Turbidity 0 - 100 NTU 0.1% FS 0.04% FS
Chlorophyll A 0 - 100 µg/l 0.2% FS µg/l 0.04% FS µg/l
Output Must deliver sensor output as a serial ASCII string of 1 Hz data at 19200 baud
Sensor anti-fouling measures supporting extended deployments in excess of 60 days in a warm productive coastal environment
Internal data storage > 500 mb
Nominal 12 V power
Vendor must also be able to provide full service and repair of equipment, including:
Provision of replacement parts
Refurbishment of equipment
Repair of housing, sensors, electronics, and fittings
Perform accurate laboratory calibration of sensors relative to documented standards
The following provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and any resulting purchase order:
FAR 552.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (JUL 2013)
FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (JUN 2013)
FAR 52.212-3 - Offeror Representations and Certification-Commercial Items (NOV 2013) - NOTE: Offerors may include paragraph (b) through (k) with quote OR enter electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov and submit paragraph (l) with quote.
FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (SEPT 2013), with addenda:
FAR 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination (NOV 1991)
FAR52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (JAN 2014) {Fill-in: Part B, Check Items 1, 4, 8, 23, 26, 28, 29, 31, 38, 40, and 48}
CAR 1352.201-70 CONTRACTING OFFICER'S AUTHORITY (APR 2010)
CAR 1352.209-73 COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS (APR 2010)
CAR 1352.233-70 AGENCY PROTESTS (APR 2010)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: August 1, 2014, or date of award, whichever is later, through July 31, 2015.
DELIVERY LOCATION: Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 107A, Annapolis, Maryland 21403.
No Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating is assigned.
The resulting purchase order will be negotiated as a firm-fixed price Purchase Order. In order to comply with the debt collection improvement act of 1966, ALL CONTRACTORS must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered for an award of a federal contract. For information regarding registration in SAM contact the SAM website at www.sam.gov Additionally, each offeror must obtain, and PROVIDE WITH THE QUOTE, their nine-digit Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) number.
All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Offers must be submitted in writing to the Eastern Region Acquisition Division, 200 Granby Street, Room 815, Norfolk, Virginia 23510 by 12:00 P.M EST, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Offers maybe faxed to 757-664-3649 or electronically to [email protected]. Contractors are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service. Potential offerors may direct all inquiries pertaining to the solicitation in writing to Linda Mullen at [email protected] or faxed to 757-664-3649. Telephonic requests will not be honored.
Linda L Mullen, Phone 757-441-3436, Fax 757-664-3649, Email [email protected]
