High-power Illumination Source for Explosive Events

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item 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. Proposals are being requested; a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. W15QKN-22-R-0PXC is issued as a request for proposal (RFP) and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-61. This requirement shall be competed as a small business set aside under NAICS code 333314 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. The U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC-NJ), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ intends to award one (1) firm-fixed-price (FFP) purchase order, as a competitive small business set aside, for the procurement of a Commercial off the shelf (COTS) small form-factor, spoiled coherence, high-power laser system in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) requirements and details outlined in Attachment 0001 Combo Synopsis and Solicitation for Illumination Device document and Attachment 0002 CDRL A001 Accident Report (Solicitation).Submission Instructions: Electronic copies of each volume shall be submitted through the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/. Proposals submitted by mail or hand-carried will not be evaluated. Proposals sent through proprietary or third party File Transfer Protocol (FTP) sites or DoD SAFE will not be retrieved. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to confirm receipt of proposals. All proposals received after the exact time specified for receipt shall be treated as late submissions and will not be considered except under facts and circumstances allowed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). For instructions on how to post an offer, please refer to the Posting Offer demo: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/sol/Posting_Offer.pdf. It is the Offeror?s responsibility to obtain written confirmation of receipt of all electronic files of the full proposal by the ACC-NJ Contracting office. In the event that the Solicitation Module is down, the alternate method for proposal submission is via email. It shall be noted that the size limit on incoming messages for this alternate email is 35MB. The Offeror must obtain prior approval from the Contracting Officer via email to use the alternate submission method. The Contracting Officer will provide the alternate email address at that time. Offerors are responsible for ensuring electronic copies are virus-free and shall run an anti-virus scan before submission. Electronic copies of each volume shall be compatible with the following software products: Adobe Acrobat Reader 11 and Microsoft Office Suite 2016. Narrative portions of the proposal shall be in Adobe Acrobat portable document file (pdf) searchable text format. The Offeror shall not embed sound or video (e.g., MPEG) files into the proposal files. Electronic files shall be clearly identified for each volume, section, and item. Proposals must be received No Later Than 18 August 2022, 4:00 PM EST. Confirmation of receipt of transmission by the Government by the date/time specified for receipt of proposal is the responsibility of the offeror. *Visit 'https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?solNo=W15QKN22R0PXC' to obtain more details.*