VALVE, REGULATING, FLUID PRESSURE

NSN(s): 4820-01-2008685 Item Description: VALVE, REGULATING, FLUID PRESSURE Manufacturer's Code and Part Number: CARLETON TECHNOLOGIES (04577) AND (1W506) P/N 2852-2001-5 Quantity (including option quantity) 19 EACH Unit of Issue: EACH Destination Information: 4 EACH SHIPPING TO TRACY, CA AND 15 EACH SHIPPING TO NEW CUMBERLAND, PA Delivery Schedule: 215 DAYS All responsible sources may submit an offer/quote which shall be considered. One or more of the items under this acquisition may be subject to an Agreement on Government Procurement approved and implements in the United States by the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.. All offers shall be in the English language and in U.S. Dollars. All interested suppliers may submit an offer. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in it solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. The solicitation will be available in FedBizOpps on its issue date of 2/28/13. The Small Business size standard is 500 employees. This acquisition is for supplies for which the Government does not possess complete, unrestrictive technical data; therefore, the Government intends to solicit and contract with only approved sources under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Approved sources are: CARLETON TECHNOLOGIES (04577) AND (1W506) While price may be a significant factor in the evaluation of offers, the final award decision will be based upon a combination of price, delivery, past performance and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. The Contracting Officer may utilize on-line Reverse Auctioning as a means of conducting price disucssions under this solicitation. During the course of the on-line auction, offerors' proposed prices will be publicly disclosed to other offerors and anyone else having access to the on-line auction. This public disclosure is anonymous, meaning that each offeror's identity will be concealed from other offerors (although it will be known to the Government), and only generic identifiers will be used publicly for each offeror's proposed pricing (e.g. "Offeror A"). By submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation, offerors agree to participate in the Reverse Auction and that their prices may be publicly disclosed, including to other offerors, during the Reverse Auction. An offeror's final auction price will be considered its final proposal revision. No price revisions will be accepted after the close of the Reverse Auction, unless the Contracting Officer decides that further discussions are needed and final proposal revisions are again requested in accordance with FAR 15.307." TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: UNRESTRICTED **** Amendment 0001 is being issued to reopen the solicitation. Previous closing date of 28 March 2013 is being extended to 13 May 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. No changes in the solicitation. ****