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The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Division, in support of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Soldier Center (DEVCOM-SC), Soldier Protec... The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Division, in support of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Soldier Center (DEVCOM-SC), Soldier Protection Directorate (SPD), Textile Materials Evaluation Branch (TMEB), located in Natick, MA, has a requirement for a full coverage service agreement for the preventive maintenance, calibration and software support for two (2) Gas Chromatograph / Mass Spectrometers (GC/MS). Regular maintenance and calibration are needed to ensure optimal performance and minimize the impact of instrument down time on testing and research productivity. The Textile Materials Evaluation Branch (TMEB) provides accurate, verifiable and repeatable testing on critical vector protection measurement/analysis on textiles. The Government is seeking a contractor that shall provide a full coverage service agreement for two GC/MS systems listed below: • Agilent GC (G1530N)/6890N Serial # US10128075; MS system (G2579A) – Serial # US10460885; PAL Auto Sampler System –Model # G2614A (7683 Series) - Serial # US13712705; and Tower Model # G2613A (7683 Series) – Serial # US120210085 • Agilent GC (G3440A)/7890A Serial # US10847016; MS system (G3172A) – Serial # US83131070; PAL Auto Sampler System – Model # G2614A (7683 Series) - Serial # US84416087; and Tower Model # G2913A (7883B Series) – Serial # US84511160 The service agreement shall include one preventative maintenance visit per system annually to include all parts, travel and labor. The contractor shall ensure all systems are in operational condition to deliver accurate, verifiable, and repeatable textile testing analysis. The contractor shall provide software and hardware direct telephone support with a factory trained engineer, use only factory recommended replacement parts, use only factory trained engineers to perform repairs and preventive maintenance and provide proprietary factory recommended software updates and service notes. A certificate of calibration shall be provided after the PM visit for each system and service reports shall be provided after each repair documenting steps taken and parts replaced. The contractor shall provide a service guarantee which is a factory authorized escalation of services to resolve difficult problems including escalation to the factory for engineering expertise if necessary and a fixed price service contract with unlimited repairs and provide on-site service within 48 - 72 hours (business days). All work performed shall be in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). This is a combined synopsis and solicitation for commercially available 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 Proposal (RFP) number is: W911QY-24-R-MAINT-GCMS. The Government intends to award a single Firm Fixed Price contract as a result of this solicitation. 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 set for full and open competition. This is not set-aside to small businesses. The NAICS code 811210 - Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The small business size standard is $34M. The Army’s Office for Small Business Programs concurs with the full and open competition determination. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-01. 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. 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. 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: (i) Technical: Technical capability of services offered to meet Government requirements: 1. Please see the attached Statement of Work (SOW) for technical requirements. (ii) Price: Offeror shall submit itemized labor categories, hourly labor rates, number of labor hours, and detailed travel expenses 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: a. Contract number, date of award, order number if applicable, CAGE code, DUNS number, and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. b. Government contracting activity, Contracting Officer name, telephone number, and email address. c. Government Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or technical representative, telephone number, and email address. d. 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. e. Contract type. f. Awarded price/cost. g. Description of the specific tasks or activities performed by the Offeror itself under the contract. h. 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 shall be emailed to the Contract Specialist Chris Welsh at richard.c.welsh2.civ@army.mil and to the Contracting Officer Timothy Konetzny at timothy.m.konetzny.civ@army.mil. Period of Performance (PoP): The PoP will be a twelve (12) month base year from date of award with three (3) option years. Offers must be received by 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 23 September 2024. Offers received after this date are late and will not be considered for award. For information on this acquisition, contact Chris Welsh at richard.c.welsh2.civ@army.mil and Timothy Konetzny at timothy.m.konetzny.civ@army.mil via email only.