Request for Quote (RFQ) #36C25919Q0606 Brand Name or Equal- Nikon Pathology Microscope 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 Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. ** Questions are to be provided to
[email protected] no later than 12:00 pm ET, Monday August 26, 2019. ** Quotes are to be provided to
[email protected] no later than 5:00 pm ET, Wednesday August 28, 2019. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is 36C25919Q0606. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2019-05 Effective 13 Aug 2019 (updated with Class Deviation: 2019-O-0009) The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 333314 or 334516. This solicitation is a 100% SDVOSV set-aside. List of Line Items: PATHOLOGY MICROSCOPE LINE ITEM PART # DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 MBA950LP Ci-L Ergo PKG - Ci-L Stand, 6x Nosepiece, Ergo Binoc, 10x/22 Eyepcs.,RH Ceramic Stage w/1S Holder, Cover 1 EA 0002 MBL11300 Swing-out Achro Condenser with swingout top lens lever, 0.90/.21na (2-100X) (Simple Pol) W.D. 1.8mm (White Top) 1 EA 0003 79035 Power Cord 1 EA 0004 MRD00025 CFI Plan Apo Lambda 2X/.10 8.5mm WD 1 EA 0005 MRH00041 CFI Plan Fluor 4XA/.13 17.2mm WD 1 EA 0006 MRH00101 CFI Plan Fluor 10X/.30 16.0mm WD 1 EA 0007 MRH00201 CFI Plan Fluor 20X/.50 2.1mm WD 1 EA 0008 MRH00401 CFI Plan Fluor 40X/.75 .66mm WD 1 EA 0009 MRH00602 CFI Plan Fluor 60XA/.85 Corr 0.11-0.23, WD 0.4-0.31mm 1 EA MULTI VIEW COMPONENTS FOR 6 USER SYSTEM ITEM # PART # DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0010 MBB75120 Y-THM Multiview Main Teaching Unit 1 EA 0011 MBB75131 Y-THR Multiview SSA Relay Assembly (accepts 2 body tubes including tilt binocs.) 2 EA 0012 MBB75150 Y-THPS Support Pillar (accessory for Dual view & Multiview relay units) 2 EA 0013 MBB75100 Y-THF Dual view Face to Face Attachment FF Short (300mm) 1 EA 0014 MBB93800 C-TE2 Tilt 10-30-degree Binocular Body, 40mm telescope, with beam splitter 100/0, 50/50 1 EA 0015 MBB92106 C-TB Binocular Tube-NC 4 EA 0016 MAK10110 CFI 10X Eyepiece, FN 22mm 10 EA 0017 MBB75141 Y-THPL LED POINTER UNIT 1 EA 0018 MBF81001 TH-AC2 AC Adapter for pointer unit (Requires power cord) 1 EA 0019 79035 Power Cord 1 EA CAMERA SYSTEM LINE ITEM PART# DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0020 MBB96855 C-TEP2 Photo Port for tilt binoc with .55x C mount 1 EA 0021 MQA180AA Special DS-Fi3 and L4 controller combo package 1 EA 0022 MQF52056 AC adapter for DS-Fi3 1 EA 0023 79035 Power Cord 1 EA 0024 77013245 USB3.0 A TO MICROB ANGLD W/LCK SCRW, 3M 1 EA 0025 77012818 NEMA 5-15P to IEC power cord 1 EA 0026 97058 Accessory kit for camera control unit 1 EA TOTAL Delivery and acceptance are F.O.B Destination (FAR 52.247-34) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at 1011 Honor Heights Dr., Muskogee OK 74401. 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable. Contractor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. Descriptive literature must be provided IAW FAR 52.214-21 for item(s) which are considered to be equal to or better than the requirements listed. Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis. State if quoted items are available and priced through contractors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract. Contractors socioeconomic status must be verified in the VA Vendor Information Pages (VIP): https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Unverified contractors will be considered non-responsive. Contractors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the contractor making such contact may be excluded from award considerations. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The contractor shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Contractors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote. Any award made resulting from this solicitation will be made based on the best overall quote that is determined to be the best overall value to the Government, considering (I) Price. Respondents to this announcement shall submit their quote on Contractors Letterhead in accordance with FAR 52.212-1. Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Price. Volume I Price Price - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. (End of Addendum to 52.212-1) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS: 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: Price The Government will evaluate offers by adding all line item prices - the Total of All CLINS will be that sum. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability requirements of the statement of work shall not be selected regardless of price. All Offerors are advised that, in the interest of efficiency, the Government reserves the right to conduct the review in the most effective manner. Specifically, the Government may first sort the quotes of all Offerors by price from lowest price to the highest. Thereafter, the Government will review the Technical Capability of the lowest priced quote only. If the lowest priced Offeror s Technical Capability is determined to be acceptable and meets the requirements, the Government may make award to that Offeror without further reviews of the remaining Offerors Technical Capability. If the lowest priced Offeror s Technical Capability is determined to not meet the requirement, then the Government may review the Technical Capability next lowest priced quote, and so forth and so on, until the Government reaches a quote that is determined to meet the Technical Capability requirements. (End of Addendum to 52.212-2) Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with the offer. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference; FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEPT 2006), with Alternate I (OCT 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402) FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (NOV 2016) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)); FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C 632(a)(2)) FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755) FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (OCT 2016) (E.O. 13126) FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O. 11246) FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (OCT 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212) FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793) FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212) FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) (E.O. 13496) FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627) FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) FAR 52.225 5 Trade Agreements (OCT 2016) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note) FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury) FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions: 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(s): http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/ The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference: 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address (s): http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR) The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: The following VAAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply. Date and Time offers are due to
[email protected] by 5:00 pm ET, Wednesday August 28, 2019. Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Jenn Rollin;
[email protected]