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Proposals are due by 10:00 AM Central Time on November 3, 2026. any proposal received later than the specified time, shall not be considered.

Payment for services and/or product will be processed within thirty 30 days from invoice date and acceptance of services and/or product. invoices presented for payment must be submitted in accordance with instructions contained on the purchase order

Awarded respondent must provide a warranty bond for this contract. Awarded respondent must provide performance and payment bonds and warranty bond for this contract.

Proposals will be evaluated and ranked based on proposal price (50%), similar projects experience (25%), budget maintenance and schedule performance (15%), and experience of key personnel (10%). Proposals will be evaluated and scored based on the factors listed in the chart on the following page

To be considered eligible, a respondent shall have complied with all legal requirements to permit them to operate in the state of Texas. To be considered as eligible, a respondent shall have complied with all legal requirements to permit them to properly identified operate in the state of Texas.

The penalty for any violation of prevailing wage rate provisions shall be **** per underpaid worker per day or portion thereof. The penalty for any violation of these provisions shall be **** per underpaid worker per day or portion thereof.

A pre-proposal meeting and site visit is mandatory for prospective proposers. Attendance is mandatory for prospective proposers. Contractor must be present at only one of the four available meetings in order to submit a proposal.

The last date and time to ask questions or request additional information is 4:00 PM, Thursday, August 27, 2026. Last date and time to ask questions or request additional information. Please submit your questions at 4:00 PM, Thursday, August 27, 2026

Failure to adhere to communication restrictions, failure to submit requested information, or negative findings from past performance investigations may result in disqualification. Failure to adhere to this restriction during the advertising, evaluation, and selection phases will result in the rejection of a respondents proposal.

The contractor must provide personnel with a minimum of 10 years of direct experience in building, maintaining, and operating high vacuum cryogenic systems for infrared instrumentation. The contractor must provide personnel with a minimum of 10 years of direct experience in building, maintaining, and operating high vacuum cryogenic systems for infrared instrumentation.

Any errors in use, development, or maintenance of irreplaceable transfer radiometers would result in substantial costs and program delays. any errors in use, development, or maintenance would result in substantial costs and program delays.

The FASSTER evaluation criteria is still being developed, industry will be made aware via communication posted to sam. gov

The offeror must, upon request, provide to the government, a system security plan or extract thereof and any associated plans of action developed to satisfy the adequate security requirements of rfo dfars ****, and in accordance with nist special publication sp ****, protecting controlled unclassified information in nonfederal systems and organizations in effect at the time the solicitation is issued or as authorized by the contracting officer, to describe the contractors unclassified information systemsnetworks where covered defense information associated with the execution and performance of this contract is processed, is stored, or transmits.

Delivery, installation, re-alignment and recalibration are required once the microscope systems have been added to its permanent location in the lab at the National Institutes of Health.

Warranty information must be included in the price quote.

Offerors must maintain an active SAM registration for all awards throughout the entire contract order lifecycle.

Failure to maintain an active SAM registration can jeopardize the award or result in non-payment. Lack of valid registration in SAM will make an offeror's contractor ineligible for award.