This solicitation is for new manufacture spare parts for valves. It is a competitive procurement. Offers will be evaluated based on lead time, price, past performance, and capacity. The closing date for this solicitation is listed on page 1. Quotes may be emailed and must be received by 2:00 PM EST on the closing date. The offeror shall submit one firm fixed price unit price per CLIN. Tiered pricing will not be accepted. Components are classified as flight critical requiring engineering source approval. Companies not previously approved may submit a source approval request by the closing date, including specific documentation. Mandatory inspection is required at source under the surveillance of the cognizant DCMAO Quality Assurance Representative (QAR). Production lot samples require testing, and samples will be destroyed during testing. The cost of government testing is estimated to be TBD for each lot and will be added to the price of all offerors for whom the government requires testing. The contractor is responsible for providing necessary parts and repair of production lot samples during testing. Transportation charges for submission and return of production lot samples are borne by the contractor. The government reserves the right to waive production lot testing approval requirements for offerors who have previously furnished identical production articles. Mandatory inspection requirements include 100% inspection of critical characteristics and inspection of major and minor characteristics according to a sampling plan acceptable to the QAR. Special inspection requirements apply to magnetic particle, surface, penetrant, radiographic, ultrasonic, high shock, and mechanical vibration tests. Final inspection requires notification to the buying office and cognizant field activity at least 14 days prior to presentation to the DCM QAR. All records pertaining to manufacture and inspection/test shall be provided to the ALRE cognizant technical authority and maintained for seven years. Inspection certification data must be included with production lot test units.
The bid notice does not explicitly state a general delivery deadline for all items. However, it mentions that for production lot samples, the testing facility has 165 days for testing, and the contractor must receive written notification of approval, conditional approval, or disapproval within this timeframe. The contract delivery schedule shall be equitably adjusted if the contractor does not receive timely notification. The notice also states that if a waiver of production lot testing approval requirements is granted, the delivery schedule for production units shall be one hundred and sixty-five (165) days earlier than if the waiver had not been granted.
The bid notice mentions wide area workflow payment instructions jan 2023 and invoice and receiving report combo type cognizant dfas **** cognizant dcma cognizant dcma see schedule. However, specific payment terms such as net days or payment schedule are not detailed in the provided text.
The bid notice states, he requirement will be awarded to the offeror based on the following evaluation criteria submitted via quote. Offers submitted will be evaluated based on the following criteria: lead time, price, past performance and capacity.
The bid notice states, he components being acquired under this solicitation have been classified as flight critical requiring engineering source approval by the naval air systems command. Only those companies who have submitted requests for source approval and been approved will be eligible for award under this solicitation. Any company not previously approved may submit a source approval request to the contracting officer, naval inventory control point, see block 10 of the sf33 for name and code.
The bid notice mentions that if the contractor fails to deliver any production lot samples for testing within the specified time, or if the contracting officer disapproves any production lot samples, he contractor shall be deemed to have failed to make delivery within the meaning of the default clause of this contract, and this contract shall be subject to termination for default. It also states that for each additional sample or resubmission required due to failure, he contractor shall pay to the government the costs of reinspection, shipping, examination and retesting by the government, and the contractor and his sureties if any shall be liable for the amount of such costs.
The bid notice indicates that sample submission is required. It details production lot sample test requirements and states that production lot samples shall be inspected to determine the general workmanship and dimension check production lot samples shall be inspected to determine compliance with applicable drawings and or specifications. It also specifies that samples will be shipped to a designated test facility and that the contractor must notify the facility in writing of the anticipated shipping date.
