SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR One (1) Multi-signal Sampling Oscilloscope

Please see attached "Combination Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Purchases (Under SAT)" and Provisions and Clauses Full-Text Attachment". 1. Solicitation Number: W911QX23Q0023 2. Title: SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR One (1) Multi-signal Sampling Oscilloscope 3. Classification Code: 66 4. NAICS Code: 334515 5. Response Date: Five (5) days after posting 6. Description: Disclaimer: 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. NOTICE: THIS PROCUREMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED USING A TIERED EVALUATION OF OFFERS. THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED: THIS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE THAT WILL CONVERT TO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION IF NO ACCEPTABLE OFFERS ARE RECEIVED FROM RESPONSIBLE, SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. FOR OFFERS TO BE CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE, THEY MUST MEET ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THE SOLICITATION AND BE COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF MARKET PRICES, QULAITY, AND DELIVERY. IF ONLY ONE ACCEPTABLE OFFER IS RECEIVED FROM A RESPONSIBLE, SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL CONSIDER AWARDING DIRECTLY TO THAT FIRM, PRIOR TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. NO AMENDMENT WILL BE ISSUED TO CONVERT THE SOLICITATION TO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. IF THE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE IS DISSOLVED, THE GOVERNMENT WILL AWARD TO THE LARGE BUSINESS WHOSE OFFER IS MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THIS SOLICITATION. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND, REGARDLESS OF BUSINESS SIZE; HOWEVER, THEY MUST DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE first, AND FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION ONLY AFTER THE ABOVE CRITERIA IS NOT MET. This acquisition is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-01 effective 1 December 2022. For purposes of this acquisition, the associated NAICS code is 334515. The small business size standard is 750 number of employees. Contract Line Item (CLIN) Structure: The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable): CLIN 0001: One (1) Multi-signal Sampling Oscilloscope CLIN 0002: Shipping to Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), Adelphi, MD 20783-1138 Specifications/Requirement: The Government requires one (1) Multi-signal Sampling Oscilloscope with the following specifications to include shipping to Adelphi Laboratory Center, (ALC), Adelphi, MD 20783-1138: Sampling Rate: 50 gigasamples per second (GS/s) on 2 channels real time Resolution @ 50GS/s: 8 bit Bandwidth (BW): 2.5 gigahertz (GHz) on all analog channels Record Length: 500 MPoints/Channel (all channels) RMS Noise 1mV/Div 97 - V (50GS/s and 4 GHz BW) Delivery: Delivery is required by 1 May 2023. Delivery shall be made to U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Building #102, Receiving Room, Adelphi, MD 20783-1197. Acceptance shall be performed at DESTINATION. The FOB point is DESTINATION. Clauses: I. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this provision: NONE In addition to the requirements set for the in FAR 52.212-1, all offers responding to this solicitation must provide their business size in relation to the NAICS code contained in this solicitation and shall identify any socioeconomic categories to which they belong. II. Evaluation Criteria - The specific evaluation criteria to be used are as follows: In accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), comparative evaluation procedures will be utilized. Comparative evaluation is the comparison of all offers received in response to this solicitation against each other. An item-by-item comparison of each offer to one another will be performed to determine which offer provides the most benefit to the Government. Award will be made to the offer that is most advantageous to the Government. The Government may award to the lowest priced offeror that meets the Government's minimum requirements; however, the Government reserves the right to award to a higher priced offeror exceeding the minimum requirements if it is most advantageous to the Government. In order to be considered for award, an offer must meet the Government's minimum technical requirement contained in this solicitation. The below evaluation factors will be utilized during evaluation (in no order of relative importance): Price Technical Capabilities/Specification Past Performance The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and has the lowest evaluated price of all offers meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. Technical Acceptability The technical acceptability element of the evaluation will be a determination as to whether the proposed product meets the performance characteristics and specifications in the solicitation. The Technical element of the evaluation shall be based solely on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, which is not identified in the proposal. To ensure sufficient information is available, vendors must furnish as part of their proposal all descriptive material (such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, or other information) necessary for the Government to determine whether the product meets the performance characteristics and specifications of the requirement. If the offeror proposes to modify a product so as to conform to the requirement of this solicitation, the offeror shall include a clear description of such proposed modifications and clearly mark any descriptive materials to show modifications. Past Performance Past performance will not be evaluated. The Contracting Officer determines that past performance need not be evaluated because, the supplies being purchased are of a low complexity that past performance information would not make a substantial difference. Price Price will be evaluated based on the total proposed price, including options, (if any). III. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer. NONE IV. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this clause NONE V. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items and the selected clauses listed in DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR/DFARS clauses cited in this clause are applicable: FAR: 52.204-10 REPORTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRST TIER SUBCONTRACT AWARDS (JUN 2020) 52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (NOV 2021) 52.219-6 NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (NOV 2020) 52.219-28 POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REREPRESENTATION (OCT 2022) 52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR (JUN 2003) 52.222-19 CHILD LABOR--COOPERATION WITH AUTHORITIES AND REMEDIES (JUN 2022) 52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (APR 2015) 52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (SEP 2016) 52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (JUN 2020) 52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (NOV 2021) 52.223-18 ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLICIES TO BAN TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING (JUN 2020) 52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (FEB 2021) 52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER'SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (OCT 2018) 52.232-36 PAYMENT BY THIRD PARTY (MAY 2014) DFARS: 252.203-7005: REPRESENTATION RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2022) 252.204-7015 NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR LITIGATION (MAY 2016) 252.204-7016 COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES'REPRESENTATION (DEC 2019) 252.204-7017 PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES'REPRESENTATION (MAY 2021) 252.204-7018 PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES (JAN 2021) 252.223-7008 PROHIBITION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (JUN 2013) 252.225-7035 BUY AMERICAN - FREE TRADE AGREEMENT'BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE - BASIC (NOV 2014) 252.225-7035 ALT 1 BUY AMERICAN-FREE TRADE AGREEMENT- BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE'ALTERNATE I (NOV 2014) 252.225-7036 BUY AMERICAN-FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS-BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM (JUN 2022) 252.225-7036 ALT 1 BUY AMERICAN-FREE TRADE AGREEMENT'BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM (JUNE 2022) - ALTERNATE I (JUN 2022) 252.232-7010 LEVIES ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS (DEC 2006) 252.244-7000 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2021) 252.246-7008 SOURCES OF ELECTRONIC PARTS (MAY 2018) 252.247-7023 TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES BY SEA (FEB 2019) VI. The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply (full text of all FAR/DFARS clauses that contain fill-in information, as well as all local clauses, can be found in the attached Provisions and Clauses Full-Text document): FAR: 52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (OCT 2018) 52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE (OCT 2018) 52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (JUL 2015) 52.204-18 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE MAINTENANCE (JUL 2015) 52.204-26 COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES - REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020) 52.232-40 PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS DFARS: 252.203-7000 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2011) 252.204-7000 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION (OCT 2016) 52.204-21 BASIC SAFEGUARDING OF COVERED CONTRACTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS (NOV 2021) 252.204-7012 SAFEGUARDING COVERED DEFENSE INFORMATION AND CYBER INCIDENT REPORTING (DEC 2019) 252.232-7003 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS AND RECEIVING REPORTS (DEC 2018) FAR/DFARS FILL-IN CLAUSES: 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021) 52.204-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVELLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021) 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 252.211-7003 ITEM IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (MAR 2022) 252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (DEC 2018) LOCAL CLAUSE: ACC - APG POINT OF CONTACT TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT TYPE OF CONTRACT GOVERNMENT INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE PAYMENT OFFICE (BANKCARD - INVOICES REQUIRED) TAX EXMPTION CERTIFICATE (ARL) COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION PROVISIONS & CLAUSES (DFARS) AWARD OF CONTRACT ADELPHI CONTRACTING DIVISION WEBSITE PAYMENT TERMS PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVING ROOM - ALC EXCEPTIONS IN PROPOSAL FOREIGN NATIONALS PERFORMING VII. This acquisition is rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) as N/A. VIII. The following notes apply to this announcement: N/A IX. Officers are due five (5) business days after posting by 12pm noon eastern standard time (EST). X. For information regarding this solicitation, please contact Dale Brunson, dale.m.brunson.civ@army.mil. Place of Performance: US ARL, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783 Set Aside: N/A