66--MAGNETOMETER SYSTEM

The Regional Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii intends to award an unrestricted contract for a Magnetometer System. The NAICS code is 334519 and the business size standard is 500 employees. Award will be conducted under the provisions of FAR Part 12 Commercial Item and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The prospective contractor must have a current registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), http://www.ccr.gov/. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Request for Quotation number N00604-09-T-0286 applies. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition! Circular 2005-29 dated January 19, 2009 and DFARS Change Notice 20090915, dated September 15, 2009. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to: Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), 310 Worchester Ave, Bldg 45, HAFB, HI 96853-5300. Delivery date shall be no later than 30 days after receipt of order. Item 0001: Magnetometer System (1) Each, The equipment must be a marine (water) magnetometer system, that is to me assembled with a tow cable, that is deployment ready with Cesium magnetometer senor. All associated electronic must be install in waterproof non-magnetic fiberglass tow body. The system must be rated to operated at 4,000 psi or 9,000 ft depth. The system must have a universal (110/220VAC) power supply and an AC/DC power source for sending data to customer supplied IBM PC Computer. Capability to be recorded by any IBM type computer having sufficient serial ports. Basic Utility software for laboratory or dockside checkout Marine tow cable 200 ft or 61 meters in length, 0.48 inch O.D. w/Kevlar strain, able to tolerate 3,600 lbs. breaking strength, with two #14 conductors and four #20 conductors with polyurethane jacket. The cable must be terminated at both ends for attachment to the Cesium sensor assembly and on board power/signal cable. Ability to modif! y for depth measurement, (250 psi / 560 ft) pressure transducer and related circuitry to measure tow body depth and combine data with magnetic for transmission to the surface computer. Data logging and display software; provides graphical display of the total field and gradient from multiple magnetometers, altitude above seafloor, sensor depth or other analog data input to the A/D's in the magnetometer's counters. This should include diagnostic measurements for quality control and include signal strength, noise (8th difference), anomaly amplitude for each mag sensor, plus GPS position with real time track ploy display and preset alarm range. This system should use high performance Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 compliant computer which is customer supplied. Assembly for sensor altitude measurement; 30 M altimeter for rated depths of 4,000 M (13,125 ft.). Depth resolution should be approximately 0.25% of altitude range with all electronic cables and hookup to the system ! counter. Lead weight collar for additional depressive force; weight up to 14 lbs, with potential to use up to four collars on one fish in addition to orientation weight. Serial to USB port converter; which adds four communications port to notebook computers with USB ports (operating system support such as Windows XP or XP PRO) in order to provide multiple ports for logging of GPS and Magnetometer data. Two year warranty on major parts with servicing. Delivery/Installation required. The quoter shall provide the information required in FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items Alt 1. The following clauses are applicable: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, a single award will be made. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items the following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technically acceptable, (2) Price. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Under this clause the following are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.219-21-Segregate Facilities, FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246), FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29 U.S.C. 793), FAR 52.232-33-Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (31 U.S.C. 3332), FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons, FAR 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Fore! ign Purchases, FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration, Levies on Contract Payments, DFARS clause 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items. Under this clause the following is incorporated by reference, DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d, E.O. 10582). DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments, DFARS 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration. L331 Review of Agency Protests (FISCPH) (Mar 2008) (a) The contracting activity, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor (FISCPH) will process agency protests in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 33.103(d). (b) Pursuant to FAR 33.103(d)(4), agency protests may be filed directly with the appropriate Reviewing Authority; or, a protester may appeal a decision rendered by a Contracting Officer to the Reviewing Authority. (c) The Re! viewing Authority for FISCPH is the Deputy Director, Regional Contracting Department (Code 200A), Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor at 1942 Gaffney Street, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor HI 96861-4549. Agency procurement protests should clearly identify the initial adjudicating official, i.e., the "Contracting Officer" or "Reviewing Official". (d) Offerors should note this review of the Contracting Officer's decision will not extend GAO's timeliness requirements. Therefore, any subsequent protest to GAO must be filed within 10 days of knowledge of initial adverse agency action. UNIT PRICES (FISC PH) (Mar 2008) Contractor's unit prices, when incorporated into a Government contract, will be released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) without further notice to the Contractor that submitted the prices. If the Contractor does not want his unit prices released, then he shall submit his proposal with the appropriate legends regarding the data, and explain in detail why such data cannot be released as a public record under FOIA. D! FAR 252.232-7003 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (JAN 2004)(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-(1) "Contract financing payment" and "invoice payment" have the meanings given in section 32.001 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (2) "Electronic form" means any automated system that transmits information electronically from the initiating system to all affected systems. Facsimile, e-mail, and scanned documents are not acceptable electronic forms for submission of payment requests. However, scanned documents are acceptable when they are part of a submission of a payment request made using one of the electronic forms provided for in paragraph (b) of this clause. (3) "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment submitted by the Contractor under this contract. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Contractor shall submit payment requests using one of the following electronic form:(1) Wide Area Work! Flow-Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA). Information regarding WAWF-RA is available on the Internet at https://wawf.eb.mil. If the Contractor is unable to submit a payment request in electronic form, or DoD is unable to receive a payment request in electronic form, the Contractor shall submit the payment request using a method mutually agreed to by the Contractor, the Contracting Officer, the contract administration office, and the payment office. In addition to the requirements of this clause, the Contractor shall meet the requirements of the appropriate payment clauses in this contract when submitting payment requests. (End of clause) Proposals must be received no later that 4:00pm, HST 30 Mar 2009. These clauses may be obtained via the Internet at http://www.acqnet.gov/far/index.html (FAR), http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfdfara.htm (DFAR). All prospective quoters interested in submitting a proposal for this solicitation shall include your name, address, telephone number and point of contact, fax number, e-mail address and commercial and Gover! nment Entity (CAGE) code. Quotes shall be emailed to: contact@example.gov. Facsimile quotes will be accepted at +1 (555) 000-0000.THE COMPLETED EPRESENTATION AND CERTIFICATION CLAUSE FAR 52.212-3 ALT 1 MUST ACCOMPANY YOUR BID. Quotes shall be emailed to: contact@example.gov. Facsimile quotes will be accepted at +1 (555) 000-0000.