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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announce... This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 140R8121Q0271 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-05 effective March 10, 2021. This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 334519 with an associated small business size standard of 500 employees. This is a brand name or equal requirement. CLIN 00010 - One (1) mobile transient electromagnetic (TEM) imaging system Aarhus GeoInstruments ApS, tTEM 2x4 or equal that meets or exceeds the following salient characteristics: -Mobile ATV-towed system platform, ATV-mounted electronics, sled runner-mounted coil platforms. -Watertight Integrity: electronics housed in Pelican Case or similar field-rugged cases with IP67+, all connections are waterproof and field-ruggedized -Dual (low and high) alternating transmitter moments (LM, HM) to achieve both shallow and deep information. -Data processing is performed in the Aarhus Workbench package, requiring Workbench Essentials and the towed TEM module. -The software package is not optional. -No component of the towed system, as configured for data collection, may exceed a maximum width of 2.5m for any component as measured in the direction perpendicular to data collection/system motion (coils, etc.) -The transmitter electronics must be liquid cooled -LM transmits 2.8 Amp with a turn-off time of 2.5us and a first usable gate at ~2us (times from beginning of the ramp) for shallow imaging -HM transmits 30 Amp with a turn-off time of 4.0us and a first usable gate at ~5us (times from beginning of the ramp) for deep imaging -Data collection includes integrated navigation software that provides a real time display of the survey path, line numbers, status parameters, and various alarms from the instrumentation -Navigation software also implements automated real-time data processing and preliminary inversion providing a real-time preliminary resistivity section display during data collection Provisions 52.204-7 System for Award Management. (OCT 2018) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting. (AUG 2020) 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (OCT 2020) 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal. (AUG 1999) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items. (JUN 2020) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications ¿ Commercial Items. (FEB 2021) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. (NOV 2020) DIAR 1452.215-71 Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information--Department of the Interior. (APR 1984) (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1) (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this provision and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below: (1) 'Trade Secret' means an unpatented, secret, commercially valuable plan, appliance, formula, or process, which is used for making, preparing, compounding, treating or processing articles or materials which are trade commodities. (2) 'Confidential commercial or financial information' means any business information (other than trade secrets) which is exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirement of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. Exemptions from mandatory disclosure which may be applicable to business information contained in proposals include exemption (4), which covers 'commercial and financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential,' and exemption (9), which covers 'geological and geophysical information, including maps, concerning wells.' (b) If the offeror, or its subcontractor(s), believes that the proposal contains trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552), the cover page of each copy of the proposal shall be marked with the following legend: 'The information specifically identified on pages _______ of this proposal constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The offeror requests that this information not be disclosed to the public, except as may be required by law. The offeror also requests that this information not be used in whole or part by the Government for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal, except that if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with the submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information to the extent provided in the contract. (c) The offeror shall also specifically identify trade secret information and confidential commercial and financial information on the pages of the proposal on which it appears and shall mark each such page with the following legend: 'This page contains trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and which is subject to the legend contained on the cover page of this proposal.' (d) Information in a proposal identified by an offeror as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information shall be used by the Government only for the purpose of evaluating the proposal, except that (i) if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information as provided in the contract, and (ii) if the same information is obtained from another source without restriction it may be used without restriction. (e) If a request under the Freedom of Information Act seeks access to information in a proposal identified as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information, full consideration will be given to the offeror's view that the information constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information. The offeror will also be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity to provide additional evidence and argument in support of its position, unless administratively unfeasible to do so. If it is determined that information claimed by the offeror to be trade secret information or confidential commercial or financial information is not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, the offeror will be notified of this determination prior to disclosure of the information. (f) The Government assumes no liability for the disclosure or use of information contained in a proposal if not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision. If a request under the Freedom of Information Act is made for information in a proposal not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision, the offeror concerned shall be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity to provide its position to the Government. However, failure of an offeror to mark information contained in a proposal as trade secret information or confidential commercial or financial information will be treated by the Government as evidence that the information is not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, absent a showing that the failure to mark was due to unusual or extenuating circumstances, such as a showing that the offeror had intended to mark, but that markings were omitted from the offeror's proposal due to clerical error. WBR 1452.225-82 -- Notice of World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement Evaluations -- Bureau of Reclamation. (MAY 2005) (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1) In accordance with the Agreement on Government Procurement, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Pub. L. 103-465), and other trade agreements, FAR Subpart 25.4, World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement, applies to Bureau of Reclamation acquisitions. In order to apply trade agreements unique to Reclamation, the contracting officer will (irrespective of any other provision or clause of this solicitation) evaluate acquisitions at or above the dollar thresholds listed in FAR 25.402(b) without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act. 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items. (OCT 2014) (Addendum to FAR 52.212-2) (a) Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government; lowest price technically acceptable. (b) Options. 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. Clauses 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. (OCT 2018) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance. (AUG 2020) 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities. (JUL 2018) 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (AUG 2020) 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations. (NOV 2015) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. (OCT 2018) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. (DEC 2013) 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order. (AUG 1989) (Addendum to FAR 52.212-4) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998) (Addendum to FAR 52.212-4) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): www.acquisition.gov/far DOI-AAAP-0028 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements-Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). (APR 2013) (Addendum to FAR 52.212-4) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). 'Payment request' means any request for contract financing payment or invoicing payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: None The Contractor shall also submit an electronic copy of the IPP invoice to the Contract Specialist at asomerville@usbr.gov once the invoice has been submitted to IPP. Failure to email the invoice may cause significant delay or possible rejection of your payment request. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3-5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation. 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ¿ Commercial Items. (JAN 2021): 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards. (JUN 2020). 52.209-6, Protecting the Government¿s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (JUN 2020) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755). 52.222-18, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2020). 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2020). 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015). 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O. 11246). 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793). 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (OCT 2020) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627). 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (JUN 2020) (E.O. 13513). 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (E.O.¿s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (OCT 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).