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Notice ID:1333ND21QNB640545
Brief Description-AMENDMENT 0002 NIST 1333ND21QNB640545 REQUIREMENTS: Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm with Grippers & Linear Translation Rail The following Amendment 0002 is issued to 1.) publish ...
Brief Description-AMENDMENT 0002 NIST 1333ND21QNB640545 REQUIREMENTS: Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm with Grippers & Linear Translation Rail The following Amendment 0002 is issued to 1.) publish Questions submitted by Vendors and the responses; 2.) revise specifications within the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation as a result of the questions; and 3.) provide an extension for the submission of quotes. Questions 1. The associated attachment drawing Fig 1a shows six rotational joints on what appears as an industrial robot format and not accounting for the grippers in that count? Reasoning is they are listed as separate line items and utilize different forms of technology to may or may not classify them as an axis. Typically, the eight axis that is described is the seventh. Answer: Fig 1a in the PDF “Attachment for RFQ 1333ND21QNB640545 SOR 7axArm.pdf” was updated and is replaced with a new attachment which properly shows the count of the number of axis. The prior attachment does not show either the 7th axis specified in item 1 nor the 8th axis specified in item 4. The seventh axis is a rotation axis on the arm, not shown in the original fig. 1a (a convention 6-axis design). The location of the 7th axis is at the discretion of the vendor as long as it meets the requirements. It is usually located between the B axis and L axis. The eight axis is the linear rail upon which the arm is mounted. The degrees of freedom of the gripper (finger separation) are not treated as an axis. “Attachment for RFQ 1333ND21QNB640545 SOR 7axArm.pdf” was replaced with “Revised Fig1a Attachment RFQ1333ND21QNB640545.pdf” and “Revised Fig1b Attachment RFQ1333ND21QNB640545.pdf” 2. The chart shown on page 5 of 18, Due Dates. With the present situation with COT’s materials availability are these dates flexible? Present we have been seeing commitment dated exceeding eight week for certain products and linear rail system have been one that has been affected. Just want to make sure we would not be disqualified for presenting this fact up front. Please confirm. Answer: NIST is revising this requirement for 12 weeks from date of award. The Contractor shall provide documentation with their quote to support a different delivery schedule based on current supply chain disruptions as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic for consideration of a revised delivery schedule at time of award. 3. The Hardware section, page 2 of 18. There are two, line items we were looking for clarification. Line Item 1 describes what the robot should be capable of lifting. Is the expectation the system will have manual changeover of the end effector? Answer: You state the ability of the robot arm lifting abilities which is found on page 2 of 18, CLIN 0001, A. Hardware, 1. Which is tied to your question about the expectation for the manual changeover of the end effector. After review, to answer your question, CLIN 0002 and CLIN 0003 descriptions were updated to address and clearly state the two specified items will be exchanged manually. 4. Line Item 18 states a footprint, weight etc. Can you clarify this because based on the size of the robot described, robot control panel, requested linear travel and adding in the attachment Fig 1b. the dimensional information exceeds the requested requirement as a whole, could you please clarify what this line is describing? Answer: CLIN 0001; A. Hardware, 1 through 19 apply to the arm only and not the arm + CLIN 0004. 5. CLIN 0002: State Actuator Only (no Fingers), is this stating Your team will be designing the fingers? Answer: It states in CLIN 0002, 3. shall allow facile replacement of fingers for in-house customization. It is being revised to state: 3. shall allow facile replacement of fingers (if supplied) for in-house customization of fingers by NIST. 6. Per Line Item 4 under that CLIN (0002) we must supply the gripper drawing or Data sheet for the actuator not the actual finger design or is that not the expectation? Answer: Per CLIN 0002, 4.; As specified, the drawings are for the proposed A 2-Finger Parallel or Adaptive Gripper or actuator, to enable our design of custom fingers. The due date and time for receipt of quotations is extended from September 8, 2021 to September 10, 2021 no later than 4:00PM EST. ******************************* Brief Description- AMENDMENT 0001 NIST 1333ND21QNB640545 REQUIREMENTS: Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm and Grippers The following Amendment 0001 is issued to correct an error in the Point of Contact’s email address in the Solicitation page 17 of 18 highlighted in the attachments for this Amendment and corrected below near the end of the Description posted: ***Organizations shall e-mail their quotation to harry.brubaker@nist.gov so that it is received by the response date/time for this solicitation. It is the responsibility of the organization to confirm NIST’s receipt of its quotation. Each quotation shall include sufficient data to allow the Government to determine the amount, realism and consistency of the quoted fixed price. An e-mail quotation will be considered received when it is received in the electronic in-box of harry.brubaker@nist.gov not later than the date and time identified herein. The submission deadline regarding questions is unchanged. Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing via e-mail to harry.brubaker@nist.gov no later than 4:00PM EST August 31, 2021. The Government will only respond to written questions. Questions submitted after this date and time may not be addressed by the Government prior to the quotation submission deadline. The submission deadline for quotes is unchanged. ***The due date and time for receipt of quotations is September 8, 2021 no later than 4:00PM EST. Only information received on or before the due date and time for receipt of quotations will be considered for award. Any quotation, or part thereof received after the due date and time for receipt of quotations, will be deemed late and not considered for award. This ends Amendment 0001 for NIST 1333ND21QNB640545 ********************************************************* SAM.GOV CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCEMENT: SOLICITATION ACTION CODE: CLASSIFICATION CODE: 36 – MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY SUBJECT: – Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm with Grippers & Linear Translation Rail SOLICITATION NO.: 1333ND21QNB640545 RESPONSE DATE: September 8, 2021 CONTACT POINT: Harry Brubaker, Contract Specialist; 301-975-8330 (T) Randy Schroyer, Contracting Officer; 301-975-6314 (T) THIS IS A SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. FAR PART 13 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES ARE UTILIZED IN THIS PROCUREMENT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-07 published 11 Aug 2021. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 333999 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Small Business Concerns and interested Offerors may submit a firm fixed-price quotation in accordance with the specifications included herein and inclusive of F.O.B Destination shipping. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to issue a Firm Fixed Priced (FFP) purchase order to acquire one (1) Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm, two (2) Grippers, and one (1) Linear Translation Rail IAW the Statement of Requirements (SoR) incorporated in this Solicitation. All equipment must be new. Used or remanufactured equipment will not be considered for award. Responsible quoters shall provide a quotation which includes all the following line items: LINE ITEM 0001: QTY 1 EACH - Collaborative Robotic Arm with a Minimum of 7 Axis LINE ITEM 0002: QTY 1 EACH - 2-finger Parallel or Adaptive Gripper LINE ITEM 0003: QTY 1 EACH - Vacuum/Suction Cup Gripper/End Effector LINE ITEM 0004: QTY 1 EACH - Linear Translation Rail (the 8th Axis) STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm and Grippers Requirements NIST requires a robotic arm with a minimum of seven axis capable of replicating many human-arm movements and easily move and rotate a device in cartesian space and avoid collisions with existing structures with an eighth axis rail necessary to extend the footprint of operation. The Contractor shall provide equipment that meets the following minimum requirements: CLIN 0001: Collaborative Robotic Arm with a Minimum of 7 Axis (see Fig. 1a Attachment) A. Hardware shall be capable of lifting single glass slides (2-5 g), a tray of 10-20 slides (»200 g), and containers of solution (»500 g) shall have a reach of at least 60 cm (?600 mm) and shall include 180° wrist rotation for the end of arm tooling in order to rotate a single-sided flat sample shall have the flexibility to move samples within an existing autonomous liquid handling system (Opentrons OT-2), 63 cm width, 57 cm depth, 66 cm height, with an opening that is 52cm wide, 30-50cm in height (see Attachments SOR Fig 1b), with an opening that is 52cm wide, 30-50cm in height arm’s motors shall have reproducible position control shall perform continuous use in humid environments from 50-70% humidity at 20C repeatability: ±0.2 mm or better reach: ?600 mm. speed: ?90 Degree/s for axis rotation, ?75 mm/s linear translation degrees of Freedom: 7 rotational joints. payload: ? 1.2 kg. end of arm plate shall be compatible with a variety of End of Arm Tooling (EoAT) including CLINs 0002 and CLIN 0003 shall conform to one of the ISO-9409-1:2004 sub-standards located at: https://www.iso.org/standard/36578.html I/O communication ports: two sets of ports, one on the end-of-arm and one in the base/control box. end of arm ports shall be at a minimum of 2 digital inputs, 2 digital outputs and 1 RS-485 Modbus for communication with end factor additional ports in base/control box shall be at a minimum of 6 digital input, 6 digital output 2 analog input, 2 analog output control communication: external communication by ethernet load bearing structures shall be constructed of metal alloys or carbon fiber composites footprint, weight: £200mmx200mm, £20 kg controller: controller shall be internal to base or a separate unit. shall be compatible with US AC voltages (115 VAC) and draw no more than 15A control unit shall come with an emergency stop switch motion control: the movement shall be smooth and without recoil upon deceleration increasing speed shall not jeopardize the reproducibility of motions and positional accuracy. minimum speed required is 75mm/s for cartesian motion and 90°/s for rotational motion. B. Software Software for the operation of the arm, gripper, and rail that shall have a graphical user interface (GUI) to create and modify toolpaths and sequence steps for a programming novice. The software shall also be compatible with python scripting, with a downloadable (GitHub, Pip, Pyply, etc.) software development kit (SDK), application programming interface (API), python module, or ROS package that can be imported by open source python (3.8+) programs already written to control other autonomous instruments. The software shall record mimicry/hand-guided user programming and automatically translate the toolpaths and positions sets created in the GUI to the python readable command scripts. Incorporating gripper and rail control into the software shall come with instructions and predicted to take less than 4hrs by a programming novice for each device. A critical aspect of the system is the control software for the robot arm. It shall include a teaching mode that allows toolpath teaching to be accomplished by a programming novice. It shall also allow for control of the robot via a central PC communicating via USB, GPIB, or Ethernet and software integration with Python (?3.8). The control software shall provide facile translation between the teaching mode languages and python scripts needed to run the robot autonomously. Software Control Ease of programming is vital. User shall be able to input toolpaths and coordinates by hand via mimicry and/or via an intuitive graphical user interface. These inputs shall have a facile translation to a script written in Python 3.8 or greater, in order to integrate with existing automation software in Jupyter notebooks. After initial user guided programming, it shall be possible to direct the robot with the python scripts continuously for 48 hours without loss of positional accuracy or precision. Software shall meet NIST IT Security and Standard operating configuration requirements as follows: The Government will perform security assessments for authorization (A&A) and continuous monitoring, to include web, database, and operating system vulnerability scanning (as applicable) and will inform the Contractor of identified risks associated with missing patches and/or configuration settings. The Government will determine the risk rating of identified vulnerabilities. The Government prefers, but does not require, that the Contractor provide an action plan, and a schedule for implementing the action plan and providing an updated version of the software, at no cost to the Government, to mitigate security risks found during A&A and continuous monitoring activities not later than 90 days of NIST’s notification of security risks. CLIN 0002: A 2-Finger Parallel or Adaptive Gripper One (1) electronically actuated, 2-finger parallel gripper OR one (1) actuator only (no fingers) with range, travel, and gripping force of which either meets the minimum specifications shown below. The supplied gripper can either be a Zimmer GEP200610-00-B or equivalent, a Robotiq Hand-E or equivalent, or of Contractor’s own design that shall meet the following specifications, shall include all mounting plates, cabling and software for integration of actuation of gripper into arm control code; arm control box shall provide adequate power for operation of supplied gripper application shall transport standard 96-well plates, length: 127.71 mm, width: 85.43 mm, height: 14.10 mm, weighing 50g. shall allow facile replacement of fingers for in-house customization Contractor shall provide gripper drawings within 14 days after award to allow NIST to fabricate additional fingers prior to delivery gripper mass: shall allow minimum of .5 kg payload (i.e, £arm payload-.5 kg) finger travel: ³6 mm per jaw holding force: ³20 Newtons actuation: electronic environment: (50-70% humidity at 20C). CLIN 0003: Vacuum/Suction Cup Gripper/End Effector One (1) Vacuum/Suction Cup Gripper/End Effector and all mounting plates, cabling, tubing and software for integration of actuation of gripper into arm control code. All regulators, etc. necessary for pneumatic operation shall be provided. Supplied gripper can either be custom designed by Contractor to following specifications, or a Robotiq e-pick or equivalent The Vacuum/Suction Cup Gripper/End Effector shall meet the following minimum requirements: gripper mass: shall allow minimum of .5 kg payload (i.e. £arm payload-.5 kg) grip: minimum of 1 suction cup, diameter < 30mm actuation method: electronic, pneumatic, or air-compression. (NIST has its own compressed air at 80 psi / no compressor is needed) minimum payload: 200g incorporated sensing/feedback of target acquisition/loss CLIN 0004: Linear Translation Rail (the 8th Axis) To facilitate coordination of the arm with both existing liquid-handling systems and custom device measurement systems, the Contractor shall provide a linear rail for translation of the arm. Mechanical specification of the rail shall be such as to not degrade the repeatability (sag, torque) specifications of the arm. The Contractor shall provide all cabling and drivers/software necessary for seamless integration of translation with arm movement. The Linear Translation Rail shall meet the following minimum requirements: rail travel ³500 mm velocity ³100 mm/s repeatability £0.1 mm (equal to or better than arm repeatability) Warranty for CLINS 0001-0004 The Contractor shall warrant that all hardware and software functions within its specification defined above at the time of delivery and shall be free from defects in materials and workmanship. The Contractor shall include a minimum one (1) year warranty covering the hardware and software. The warranty shall cover all parts, labor, shipping, software updates, and include telephone or email support with 24 hours response time from the Contractor’s Certified Engineers. The warranty shall commence upon successful completion of delivery and acceptance. DELIVERY Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and shall occur within 8 weeks from date of award. The Contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order. Delivery by Contractor shall be to: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 100 Bureau Drive Building 301 Shipping and Receiving Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Normal hrs. of operation are Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm with the exception of Federal holidays. Deliverables Quantity Due Date CLIN 0001 – Robotic Arm One 8 weeks after award CLIN 0002 – Two-Finger Gripper One 8 weeks after award CLIN 0003 – Vacuum Gripper One 8 weeks after award CLIN 0004 – Linear Rail One 8 weeks after award INSTALLATION, TESTING, AND ACCEPTANCE Installation will be completed by the Government within 30 days. Testing will be completed by the Government within 21 days of installation. Final acceptance by the Government will be granted after confirmation that CLINs 0001-0004 meet all minimum salient characteristics defined in the SoR). Should any deficiencies be noted prior to final acceptance, the Contractor will be notified and provided the opportunity to correct all deficiencies, at their expense, in accordance with the commercial terms and conditions articulated in FAR 52.212-4 of the purchase order. ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 QUOTATION PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS All offerors shall submit the following: Each quotation shall consist of two (2) separate electronic files: (a) Technical Quotation (Vol. I); and, (b) Business/Pricing Quotation (Vol. II). Incomplete quotations may be considered non-compliant and removed from further consideration. Quotations shall be clearly and concisely written as well as being neat, indexed (cross-indexed as appropriate) and logically assembled. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the name of the offeror, the date, and the solicitation number. A one-page transmittal letter signed by an individual authorized to commit the organization shall be transmitted with the quotation to the Government. Each quotation shall be on 8.5” x 11” paper, in a commercially standard font, not smaller than 12-point font. Each page in the quotation shall be separately numbered. The quotation shall be limited to twelve (12) single-sided pages (excluding the letter of transmittal, cover letter, and product literature). Overall Arrangement of Documents VOLUME I: TECHNICAL NIST will evaluate quotations, based on the information submitted in support of the following factor: Technical Capability The offeror shall submit a thorough technical description and/or product literature which clearly identifies the manufacturer and model nos. for the Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm with Grippers & Linear Translation Rail that are being proposed, and clearly identifies each system requirement listed in the SoR. The offeror must demonstrate that its proposed componentry meets or exceed each minimum system requirement described herein by providing a citation to the relevant section of its technical description or product literature. The Contractor shall not simply state they will meet the requirement; evidence must be provided. If an offeror does not indicate how its proposed componentry meets a certain minimum system requirement, NIST will determine that it does not. If applicable, evidence that the offeror is authorized by the OEM to provide the item(s) in the quotation should be included. VOLUME II: BUSINESS/PRICING The Offeror shall submit one copy of the completed price schedule. If the quotation is submitted electronically, additional copies are not required. The price quotation shall be separate from any other portion of the quotation. The Offeror shall propose a firm fixed price, FOB Destination, for CLINs 0001-0004 that includes a one-year warranty. The Offeror is encouraged to discount its rates. If price discounts are offered, identify the percentage of price discount and/or price reduction offered. The Volume II Business Pricing Quotation shall include: a) the offeror’s Dun and Bradstreet Number (DUNS) To be eligible for evaluation, the offeror must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) b) Completed FAR Provisions: 52.204-17, 52.204-20, 52.204-26, 52.209-2, 52.209-11, 52.222-22, 52.222-25, 52.223-22, 52,225-2, and 52.225-18 (included elsewhere in this solicitation) c) Page(s) from Contractor’s established Commercial Pricelist associated with the Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm with Grippers & Linear Translation Rail being quoted d) The place of manufacture (origin) of the Seven+ Axis Collaborative Robot Arm with Grippers & Linear Translation Rail being quoted The Government anticipates that the resultant purchase order will be awarded based upon adequate price competition. However, in order to determine that prices are fair and reasonable, the Government reserves the right to request the organization provide further cost breakdown to support quoted prices. ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION AND BASIS FOR AWARD The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein to the responsible offeror whose quotation is deemed technically acceptable and is the lowest price. The Government intends to make a single award and reserves the right to make no award as a result of this solicitation. The Government intends to evaluate quotations and award a purchase order without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial quotation should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any and or all quotations if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest price quotation; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotations received. The Government reserves the right to request revised quotations from, or negotiate final contract terms with, one or more, but not all, quoters if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following criteria: a) technical capability; and 2) price Technical Capability No prototypes, demonstration models, used or refurbished instrumentation will be considered. Evaluation of technical capability will be based on the information provided in the technical quotation. NIST will evaluate whether the offeror has demonstrated that its proposed system meets or exceeds all minimum salient characteristics. Quotations that do not demonstrate the proposed system meets all minimum salient characteristics will not be considered further for award. Price The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s proposed pricing for reasonableness. Price will not be evaluated for quotations that are determined technically unacceptable under the Technical Capability evaluation factor. ***APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES*** The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/far/index.html The following FAR provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018); 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020); 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Quoter (AUG 2020); Ownership or Control of Offeror (Aug 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision– Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means– (1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity by unique location; or (2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code. Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest-level owner. Immediate owner means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees. (b) The Offeror represents that it ? has or ? does not have an immediate owner. If the Offeror has more than one immediate owner (such as a joint venture), then the Offeror shall respond to paragraph (c) and if applicable, paragraph (d) of this provision for each participant in the joint venture. (c) If the Offeror indicates "has" in paragraph (b) of this provision, enter the following information: Immediate owner CAGE code: ____________________ Immediate owner legal name: ______________________ (Do not use a "doing business as" name) Is the immediate owner owned or controlled by another entity?: ? Yes or ? No. (d) If the Offeror indicates "yes" in paragraph (c) of this provision, indicating that the immediate owner is owned or controlled by another entity, then enter the following information: Highest-level owner CAGE code: ___________________ Highest-level owner legal name: ___________________ (Do not use a "doing business as" name) (End of provision) 52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror (AUG 2020) Predecessor of Offeror (Aug 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision– Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means– (1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity by unique location; or (2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code. Predecessor means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor. Successor means an entity that has replaced a predecessor by acquiring the assets and carrying out the affairs of the predecessor under a new name (often through acquisition or merger). The term "successor" does not include new offices/divisions of the same company or a company that only changes its name. The extent of the responsibility of the successor for the liabilities of the predecessor may vary, depending on State law and specific circumstances. (b) The Offeror represents that it ? is or ? is not a successor to a predecessor that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years. (c) If the Offeror has indicated "is" in paragraph (b) of this provision, enter the following information for all predecessors that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years (if more than one predecessor, list in reverse chronological order): Predecessor CAGE code:??????????(or mark "Unknown"). Predecessor legal name: ??????????. (Do not use a "doing business as" name). (End of provision) 52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal (JAN 2017); 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (OCT 2020); Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision, "covered telecommunications equipment or services" and "reasonable inquiry" have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services". (c) (1) Representation. The Offeror represents that it ? does, ? does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument. (2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry for purposes of this representation, the offeror represents that it ? does, ? does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. (End of provision) 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations – Representation (NOV 2015); Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations-Representation (a) Definitions. “Inverted domestic corporation” and “subsidiary” have the meaning given in the clause of this contract entitled Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (52.209-10). (b) Government agencies are not permitted to use appropriated (or otherwise made available) funds for contracts with either an inverted domestic corporation, or a subsidiary of an inverted domestic corporation, unless the exception at 9.108-2(b) applies or the requirement is waived in accordance with the procedures at 9.108-4. (c) Representation. The Offeror represents that- (1) It ? is, ? is not an inverted domestic corporation; and (2) It ? is, ? is not a subsidiary of an inverted domestic corporation. (End of provision) 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction Under any Federal Law (FEB 2016) Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016) (a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that— (1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible f...
