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The Department of the Army, ACC-APG, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA intends to purchase preventive maintenance and calibration of three (3) Instron tensile machines, and nine force verificati... The Department of the Army, ACC-APG, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA intends to purchase preventive maintenance and calibration of three (3) Instron tensile machines, and nine force verifications of load cells in accordance with Statement of Work (attached) in support of Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, Soldier Protection Directorate. This is a combined synopsis and solicitation for commercial services 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. Request For Quotation (RFQ) number is W911QY-22-ITMM. It is intended to place a single firm fixed priced contract with the winning bidder. All timely offers will be considered and proposal submission shall be in accordance with Submission Instructions contained herein. Evaluation factors are Technical Capability, Price, and Past Performance. The Government intends to make award to the Offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government. This requirement is for full and open competition. NAICS Code is 811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. Size standard is $22M. The Army’s Office for Small Business Programs concurs with the unrestricted. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-01. FAR Clauses 52.212-1 through 52.212-5 and DFARS 52.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (see www.acquisition.gov) apply to this procurement. The Government contemplates an award of a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract resulting from this solicitation. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/) to be eligible for award. Instructions for registration are available at the website. Any additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices shall apply. The following addenda or additional terms and conditions apply: In accordance with DFAR Clause 252.211-7003, Unique Item Identifier (UID) applies if the proposed unit price is $5,000 or greater. The UID information must be submitted in WAWF and a UID tag must be affixed to this item prior to shipping. Offers should include price and delivery terms and the following additional information: Cage Code and UEI #. Submission Instructions: All Offerors shall submit a proposal consisting of three sections. These three sections shall be labeled, Section I – Technical Proposal; Section II – Pricing; and Section III Past Performance. No Pricing Information shall be submitted in Section I. Evaluation will be in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation--Commercial Items and Commercial Services. (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate other offers: Technical capability of services offered to meet Government requirements: The Contractor shall perform preventive maintenance and calibration on three (3) pieces of Instron tensile machines and nine (9) load cells. The Contractor shall provide a service plan for the following models that includes one preventive maintenance visit with a certificate of calibration for Speed and Displacement per ASTM E2658 “Standard Practice for Verification of Speed for Material Testing Machines” and ASTM E2309 “Standard Practices for Verification of Displacement Measuring Systems and Devices Used in Material Testing Machines”: 5966R6351, 68TM10B21534, and 55R4204C3449. The contractor shall provide force verification per ASTM E4 “Standard Practice for Force Verification of testing Machines” for the following load cells: 2518-802/0078 50Kn Type 1 Tension, 2518-805/191 5kn Type 0 Tension and Compression, 2525-805/68044 5kn Drop Thru Tension, 2525-806/816 1kn Drop Thru Tension, 2525-815/56504 2.5n Drop Thru Tension, 2580-201/102938 10KN Tension, 2530-50N/152968 ENH Tension and Compression, 2580-10KN/156138 ENH Tension and Compression and 2580-2KN/155353 ENH Tension and Compression. The contractor shall ensure all systems shall be in operational condition to deliver accurate, verifiable, and repeatable textile testing analysis. The offeror shall demonstrate expertise in in maintenance and calibration of Instron instruments to ASTM standards and ISO specified requirements. Offeror shall submit demonstrated experience and understanding of Instron models 4204 with retro fit 5500R and 6351 with retro fit 5966R. Calibration accreditation certification and scope shall include verification of speed for material testing machines per ASTM E2309 or internal equivalent method, verification of displacement measuring systems per ASTM E2309 or internal equivalent method, and force verification per ASTM E4 or internal equivalent method. The contractor shall provide 'As Found' data/condition in addition to 'As Left' data/condition. Traceability to SI (The International System of Units) through internationally recognized National Metrology Institutes (NIST, NPL, PTB, Inmetro, etc.) Calibration and equipment used shall conform to a controlled Quality Assurance program which meets specifications outlined in ANSI/NCSL Z50.1-1994, ISO 10012:2003, ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (ii) Price: Offeror shall submit itemize labor categories and prices for each year. (iii) Past Performance: Offerors are reminded that while the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information rests with the Offeror. Offerors shall submit three (3) recent and relevant past performance examples performed within the last three (3) years Each example shall not exceed two (2) pages and shall include the following: Contract number, date of award, order number if applicable, CAGE code, DUNS number, and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code Government contracting activity, Contracting Officer name, telephone number, and email address Government Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or technical representative, telephone number, and email address If Offeror performed as a subcontractor, prime contractor company name, point of contact name, telephone number, and email address in lieu of or in addition to the contact information required in (b) and (c) above Contract type Awarded price/cost Description of the specific tasks or activities performed by the Offeror itself under the contract Narrative: Offerors shall provide a narrative for each past performance example. The narrative shall describe the contract listed, the contract objectives achieved by the Offeror, and how the contract is relevant to the requirements of this solicitation. Offerors shall state if they have no recent or relevant past performance. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Technical and past performance, when combined, are more important than price. (b) Options (if applicable). The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Offers may be e-mailed to brandon.j.rivett.civ@army.mil. Required Period of Performance: Base period will be Date of Award thru 12 months thereafter and 4 option years, if exercised, F.O.B. Destination. Offers must be received by 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 20 June 2022. Offers received after this date are late and will not be considered for award. For information on this acquisition contact brandon.j.rivett.civ@army.mil.