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This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in FAR Subpart 12.6, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes

the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. This combined synopsis/solicitation shall be posted on BETA SAM.GOV (Https://Www.beta.sam.gov/).

The RFQ number is N42158-23-Q-S006. This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2021-04 effective 19 Jan 2021 and DFARS Change Notice 20210115. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far and https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars.

The NAICS Code is 541380 – Testing Laboratories and the Small Business Standard is $16.5M.

The proposed contract action is for commercial services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a single source, Hexagon Digital Wave, LLC. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, all bids, proposals or quotations received by the closing response date may be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with the proposed contract based upon responses to this Notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, VA requests responses from qualified sources capable of providing: Service to test 46 MK8 Luxfer life raft cylinders under DoT-Special Permit (DoT-SP) 16343 IAW the Statement of Work contained in this solicitation.

52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS –COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2012) ADDENDUM

Quotations shall be emailed to Jeremy Weible (E-mail: Jeremy.r.weible.civ@us.navy.mil) by 05 December 2022 at 09:00 AM EST.

Markings:

In addition to any other marking requirements found herein, the Contractor shall ensure that all equipment supplied under this contract shall bear the following information:

1. Contractor’s Name and Point of Contact Information (name, tele#, etc.)

2. Government Contract Number; Contracting Officer’s information )name, tele#, etc.)

3. Vessel Name/Code

Addendum to 52.212-1 Instructions to Contractors

This procurement action is being processed in accordance with FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under the test program for commercial items found at FAR 13.5

Quotations shall be emailed to Jeremy Weible; email: Jeremy.r.weible.civ@us.navy.mil by 05 December 2022 at 09:00 AM EST

Quotations will consist of the following information and documentation submitted together:

1. Completed representations and certifications, unless otherwise available in SAM;

2. Technical Acceptability Statement: Self-certification by way of initialing Technical Capabilities/Contractor responsibility

statement- verifying contractor is providing unit per specifications IAW the Statement of Work; Technical Capabilities/Contractor

responsibility statement can be found at the bottom of EACH TECHNICAL CAPABILITY SECTION – FAILURE TO PROVIDE WILL

RENDER QUOTE INELIGABLE FOR AWARD;

3. Price for each line item being quoted as a firm fixed price

Award will be made for the technically acceptable item or combination of technically acceptable items that result in the lowest aggregate price to the Government.

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation — Commercial Items is applicable to this procurement. The Government will award a contract resulting from this Request for Quotation (RFQ) to the responsible offeror whose quotation conforms to the RFQ and represents the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations:

1. Technical Capability;

2. Delivery

3. Price

Technical acceptability will be determined by reviewing the technical certifications submitted for each item to ensure that all of the technical requirements identified are met. Technical acceptability will be defined as follows:

Technical Evaluation Ratings Rating Description Acceptable Quote meets all of the requirements identified.

Unacceptable Quote does not meet all of the requirements identified.

Contractors who fail to possess acceptable technical capability will not be considered for award and the other elements of their quotation will not be evaluated.

Price:

The estimated amount for each line item will be added together to determine the total estimated price, which will become the evaluated price.

The vendor’s proposed price will be evaluated on the basis of price reasonableness. All prices must be considered fair and reasonable as determined by the Government. Price quote shall be held firm and valid for sixty (60) days.

The completion and submission of the above items will constitute a quote and will be considered the vendor’s unconditional assent to the terms and conditions of this Solicitation and any attachments and/or exhibits.

Failure to provide all of these documents by the required date and time may preclude a quotation from award consideration at the discretion of the Government.

Quotations determined to be technically unacceptable shall not be further evaluated for award. Of the technically acceptable quotations, the Government reserves the right to award to other than lowest price based upon a selection determined to be the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered.

Although price is considered lesser in importance relative to delivery, it has the potential to become more significant during the evaluation process. The importance of price will increase as the degree of equity in a respondent’s non-cost quotations rise. The importance of price will also increase when a quotation’s price is so significantly high as to diminish the value to the Government that might have been gained under the other aspects of the quotation. If at any point in the evaluation all respondents are determined to have submitted equal or generally, equivalent non-cost quotations, price may become the factor in determining the contractor selected for award.