Synopsis: This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items is prepared in accordance with the format at 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 solicitation number W913E519Q8029 is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516, which has a size standard of 1,000 employees. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) has a requirement to procure one (1) low temperature Dilatometer. CLIN 0001 - DIL802 Horizontal Dilatometer -150°C - 700°C (Differential): Part # 863037.901; see FAR clause 52.211-6 (Brand Name or Equal); firm fixed price. The award will be made to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), responsible quote. To be technically acceptable, the product quoted shall be BRAND NAME OR EQUAL to the TA Instruments - Waters L.L.C - low temperature Dilatometer model #DIL802. Applicable salient characteristics are as follows: Technical: The following are salient characteristics required to determine technical acceptability: a. Must be a horizontal, differential dilatometer and hold a sample and reference material with lengths up to 50 mm, and measure a change in length up to 4 mm. with a length resolution of 10 nm. b. Temperature range of -150 - 700 °C with a temperature resolution of 0.05 °C and operate in air, vacuum, or inert gas c. Range: 4.0 d. Resolution deltaL/Temperature: 10 nm/0.05°C e. Accuracy: 0.01x10-6 K-1 f. Installation and training must be included g. Includes WinTA 10.0 data analysis software h. Easily determined applications: Change of length; Change of volume; Relative change of length; Linear thermal coefficient of expansion; Differential thermal coefficient of expansion; Volumetric thermal coefficient of expansion; Softening point; Transformation point; Swelling behavior; Penetration; Shrinkage/Sintering studies; Change of density. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) ability to meet the required Brand Name or Equal specifications, and (2) price. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price. The Government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest price if an offer is found technically acceptable and the proposed performance delivery schedule is more favorable than that of other offers. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The delivery date shall be within four (4) weeks of receipt of contract. Items must be shipped no later than 15 September 2019. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS NEEDED with Quote: If offering a product other than the Brand Name specified herein, vendors are required to provide descriptive literature in sufficient detail to determine if the items quoted are technically acceptable; technical acceptability will be based on the items quoted meeting or exceeding the salient characteristics delineated. The onus is on the quoter to ensure a clear crosswalk between the characteristics of the quoted item with the characteristics identified in this solicitation. Please provide responses to this notice, no later than 9 August 2019, at 12:00 pm, Central Standard Time (CST) to:
[email protected] Telephone responses will not be accepted. *Note: In order to be eligible for award of a Government contract, vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), have no active exclusions, and complete representations and certifications. This system combines data that was formerly contained in the Central Contractors Registration (CCR), Online Representation and Certifications (ORCA), and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). For more information, review the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov.