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 NMAN01230. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-81. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. The Federal Supply Code for this is 3990 and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238210 Electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors. The U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, has a requirement for the following supply: Line Item 0001: CONDUCT AN ELECTRIC PLANT LOAD ANALYSIS FOR THE NOAA SHIP OREGON II IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS. Unit Price____________ Total Price________________ Deliver to: NOAA SHIP OREGON II 151 WATTS AVENUE PASCAGOULA MS 39567 Period of Performance: 18 May 2015 through 17 August 2015 Vendors shall include a completed copy of its representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (MAR 2015), with its quote. [An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically at http://www.sam.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision.] Vendors shall refer to www.acquisition.gov to obtain a copy of FAR provision 52.212-3. FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (DEC 2014) applies to this acquisition with the following addenda: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors (APR 2014) FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) FAR 52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements-Representation (DEVIATION 2015-02) FAR 52.203-99, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements (DEVIATION 2015-02) Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR) clauses: CAR 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest (APR 2010) CAR 1352.246-70 PLACE OF ACCEPTANCE (APR 2010) CAR 1352.233-70 Agency Protests (APR 2010) {: Department of Commerce, NOAA, ERAD, Attn: Robin Resweber, 200 Granby Street, 8th Floor, Norfolk, VA 23510; U.S Department of Commerce, Senior Procurement Executive, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW Suite 6422, Washington DC 20230} The following clauses are provided in full text: FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (OCT 2014) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. Meeting delivery date and past performance are more important than price. 2. Must submit three (3) previous past performance experience with similar scopes of work as with this requirement and must have been completed within the last three years. 3. Submit a point of contact for each past experience performance. (b) Reserved. (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of Provision) NOAA Acquisition Manual (NAM) 1330-52.237-70 Contractor Communications (a) A contractor employee shall be identified both by the individual's name and the contractor's name when: (1) Included in NOAA's locator, and (2) When submitting any type of electronic correspondence to any NOAA employee or stakeholder. (b) Any written correspondence from a contractor or any contractor employee shall be printed on company/organization letterhead or otherwise clearly identify the sender as an employee of the company or organization and shall identify the contract number. (c) Contractors and/or contractor employees shall clearly identify themselves as such in any verbal communications, whether in informal discussion or a formal meeting. (End of clause) Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction Under Any Federal Law (CLASS DEVIATION) (MARCH 2014) (1) In accordance with Sections 536 and 537 of Division B of Public Law 113-76 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, none of the funds made available by Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 funding may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that- (a) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government, or (b) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (2) The Offeror represents that, as of the date of this offer - (a) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months. (b) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability. (End of provision) FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (APR 2015) applies to this acquisition and the following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause at paragraph (b) are applicable to this acquisition: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, (SEP 2006), with Alternate I (OCT 1995) (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013) (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (AUG 2013) (10) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporation (May 2012) (14) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside, (NOV 2011) (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, (OCT 2014) (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (JUL 2013) (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor, (JUN 2003) (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2014) (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, (FEB 1999) (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, (MAR 2007) (30) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, (JUL 2014) (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans, (JUL 2014) (40) 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) (41) 52.225-1, Buy American Act -- Supplies, (MAY 2014) (44) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, (JUN 2008) (50) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - System for Award Management (JUL 2013) No Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating is assigned The resulting purchase order will be on a firm fixed price basis. In order to comply with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, ALL VENDORS must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered for an award of a federal contract. Should the vendor not already represent itself as a small business under NAICS code 333341 within SAM, it shall provide with its quote the appropriate representation of FAR 52.219-1. For information regarding registration in SAM, contact the SAMR 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. Quotes must be submitted via electronic means (e-mail) by 11:00 A.M. EST, Thursday, April 30, 2015; any award resulting from this RFQ will be made based on meeting past performance, delivery date, and price. Quotes must be submitted electronically either by fax to 757-664-3656 or via e-mail to
[email protected] . The anticipated award date is on or about May 5, 2015. Contractors are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service as well as the Interested Vendors List for this acquisition (see applicable tab within FedBizOpps where this synopsis/solicitation is posted). Potential offerors may direct all inquiries pertaining to the solicitation in writing to
[email protected] . Telephonic requests will not be honored. STATEMENT OF WORK NOAA Ship Oregon II Electric Plant Load Analysis 1.0 SCOPE This specification contains requirements for conducting an electric plant load analysis on the NOAA Ship Oregon II. 1.1 Background: The Oregon II's electric plant consists of two Caterpillar 3408 450VAC 225KW Gensets. The ship operates on one genset at a time, and occasionally will drop ship's electrical load. A study of the ship's deck logs and engineering logs was conducted to determine if there was correlation of loss of load to a particular genset or particular equipment line up, but no correlation was found. Therefore a load analysis is required to determine how much electrical power margin remains with the current electric plant configuration. 2.0 References 2.1 Drawing OT-S6200-10 Rev A "One Line Diagram Electrical System" 3.0 Government Furnished Material 3.1 None 4.0 Requirements 4.1 Conduct a ship check on board the NOAA Ship Oregon II to identify verify reference 2.1. 4.2 Develop an electrical load analysis based on information from reference 2.1 and data collected during the ship check. 4.3 Determine the electrical power margin of the ship's electric plant. 4.4 Make recommendations on methods to increase the ship's electrical power margin. Recommendations examples include: 4.4.1 Re-power with higher power density gensets 4.4.2 Equipment upgrades for higher energy efficiency. 4.4.3 Addition of soft starts 4.5 Conduct market research to identify equipment sources and cost estimates to implement recommendations. 5.0 Quality Assurance 5.1 Conduct a review of the recommendations with the COR. 6.0 Notes 6.1 The ship is conducting underway operations in support of the Marine Fisheries field season. Contact the Port Engineer Brian Kelly at 228-769-1155 for available inport periods for the ship check. 7.0 Period of Performance 7.1 The period of performance is May 18th, 2015 through August 17, 2015. END OF SPECIFICATION