The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking quotes for an mmw chiller for balance of plant. The solicitation is conducted under competitive subcontract procedures. The award will be based on the lowest price cost, technically acceptable selection. Technical questions must be received by 12/17/2025. The preferred delivery date is 03/31/2026. Offers must include specific documentation, including acceptance of technical specifications and NREL's standard terms and conditions. Offers must be valid for 90 days. NREL requires price justification, such as a published price list or copies of customer invoices. Electronic quotes are required. The NAICS code is 33415. The solicitation incorporates provisions by reference. Payments will be made via electronic ACH or wire transfer.
The preferred expected delivery date is ****.
It is NRELs standard practice to make all payments to domestic subcontractors via electronic ACH payments or to international subcontractors via wire transfers.
NREL will award a purchase order based on the following: lowest price cost, technically acceptable selection all technical specifications requirements being met and with the lowest evaluated price or cost.
To be considered a responsive offeror, all interested offerors must submit a quote that includes the completion of the following: a. official quote: a responsive quote will be based on attachment no. 1 technical specification. the quote must be valid for 90 days from the date of the offer. the naics code for this purchase order is **** letter: letter indicating acceptance of attachment no. 1 technical specifications and nrel standard terms and conditions, appendix b8, standard terms and conditions for subcontracts and purchase orders for commercial items, dated ****, found at: https:www. nrel. govworkingwithusassetspdfsappendixb8subcontractspurchaseorders commercialitems. pdf. submitting a quote constitutes acceptance of nrels terms and condition reference in the solicitation. the letter shall include a statement declaring whether the product being delivered is a domestic end product as such term in defined in far **** and signed representations and certifications for commercial items and services subcontractspurchase orders see link above. d. confirmation of your companys registration in the system for award management sam. nrel requires all vendors to be registered under sam at www. ***. *. * is required to obtain price justification. price justification can be a copy of a published price list that supports all prices of the mmw chiller for balance of plant. if you do not have a published price list that shows the price, please provide copies of other customers invoices minimum 3 for the same or similar items. for confidential reasons, you can omit the names and addresses of the other customers invoices. please note that all pricecost must be supported with backup documentation. as a federal government contractor, nrel is obligated to request all applicable discounts available. if gsa pricing is available, please provide your gsa schedule. please identify discounts offered to nrel in your quote. f. nrel recognizes that international shipments may be subject to additional charges related to tariffs following the award of a firm fixedprice purchase order. accordingly, to appropriately adjust costs associated with tariff changes applied after the award of the purchase order, offerors must: identify on the quote the country from where each item will be shipped. clearly itemize tariff costs, based on the applicable tariffs as of the date the proposal is due, with the pricing for the scope of work outlined in this solicitationreference guide ii009, exhibit a **** page 3 of 6 state whether the clause titled duty free entry in appendix b standard terms and conditions http:www. nrel. govworkingwithusstandardterms. html is applicable to this procurement and state whether the offeror will be the importer of record. in accordance with federal acquisition regulation ****, the applicable tariff rate in effect at the time of purchase order award may change upon arrival at the united states port of entry. as such, the price of the purchase order resulting from this solicitation may be increased by the amount of any afterimposed tariffs, provided that the subcontractorvendor warrants in writing that no contingency or other financial reserve for these increased tariffs or rate increases has been included in the original price of the purchase order. additionally, the price of the subcontractpurchase order may be decreased by the amount of any afterrelieved tariffs. no adjustments, increases or decreases, shall be made to the price of the purchase order unless the adjustment amount exceeds 250. following selection and before award, nrel may reconsider its selection if a change to applicable tariffs results in a domestic item being the lowest price offer. failure to identify tariff costs in the proposal may result in the rejection of your offer, with no further consideration for an award. g. this solicitation requires the submittal of electronic quotes.
Should an offeror have any concerns regarding the nrel solicitation process or selection determination, the offeror may contact paul white, advocate for commercial practices, at 303 ****.