This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6. The solicitation number is AG-82FT-S-15-0023. This announcement constitutes only the solicitation, proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The proposed contract is set aside 100% for small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 423490, size standard is 500 Employees.

The US Forest Service intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract for a Mercury Analyzer that can analyze mercury in any sample matrix such as liquids, solids, and gases. Please see solicitation # AG-82FT-S-15-0023 for full specification requirements.

New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

Bid MUST be good for 30 calendar days after close of buy.
Offorors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database with a DUNS number in order to participate in this procurement. For instructions on registering with the SAM, please visit the website for SAM at http://www.sam.gov.
Offorors must be registered in the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) to submit invoices to the US Forest Service. For instructions on registering with IPP, please visit the IPP website at http://www.ipp.gov.
Offerors shall submit commercially available literature on your unit that demonstrates that all of the above capabilities are met.
From the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the following provision and clauses are applicable to this solicitation, FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212.4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal, FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor, FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor, FAR 52.222-21, Prohibitions of Segregated Facilities, FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies, FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration, AGAR 411.170 Brand Name or Equal, AGAR 422.171 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses. The full text of these clauses may be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffar1.htm and http://www.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agar04.pdf.

If offering a product other than the Brand Name specified herein, the vendors are required to provide descriptive literature in sufficient detail to determine if the items quoted are technically acceptable in terms of Name Brand or Equal to the Milestone DMA80 Mercury Analyzer.

Submit your quote and technical information electronically to [email protected], no later than August 14, 2015 11:00am Mountain Time.

Bid Protests Not Available