Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

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. The Unite... 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. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center-Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) has a requirement to procure one Benchtop Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with an Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) Detector, specifically the Phenom Pharos G2 Desktop FEG-SEM by Thermo Fisher Scientific, as well as any software required to run SEM system exports and any additional equipment required to operate SEM system. While there are several options for scanning electron microscopes, market research has found that the Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom Pharos G2 Desktop FEG-SEM is the only brand of equipment that meets all of the government’s requirements which are detailed in the attached brand name justification.Please review the attached Request for Quotes and Brand Name Justification documents for full details on the requirement, for applicable clauses and provisions, and for evaluation criteria for offers received. Please provide responses to this notice, no later than the date and time listed at the top of this posting, to: CERL-CT-QUOTES@usace.army.mil Telephone responses will not be accepted. *Note: In order to be eligible for award of a Government contract, vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), have no active exclusions, and complete representations and certifications.