Solicitation - Small Uncrewed Aircraft System - Please see the attached RFQ and supporting documents.
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This is a solicitation for a small uncrewed aircraft system. The solicitation incorporates by reference various Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses. Offerors are cautioned to review these provisions and complete any required blocks. The full text of these provisions and clauses can be accessed electronically. Specific provisions and clauses incorporated by reference include those related to prohibition on contracting with entities requiring confidentiality agreements, System for Award Management (SAM), prohibition on contracting with inverted domestic corporations, and representations regarding delinquent tax liability or felony convictions. Clauses incorporated by reference cover contractor employee whistleblower rights, prohibition on requiring confidentiality agreements, SAM maintenance, incorporation by reference of representations and certifications, and post-award small business program rerepresentation. The solicitation also includes clauses on convict labor, child labor, equal opportunity for workers with disabilities, combating trafficking in persons, sustainable products and services, Buy American supplies, drug-free workplace, encouraging contractor policies to ban text messaging while driving, payment by electronic funds transfer, unenforceability of unauthorized obligations, providing accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, protest after award, applicable law for breach of contract claim, security prohibitions and exclusions, and preference for privately owned U. S. flag commercial vessels. Local clauses from NIST include marking and packing instructions, contract performance during changes in NIST operating status, and electronic billing instructions. Invoicing must be submitted electronically via email to ***@***. *. *, including contract number, contractor name and address, unique entity identifier, date of invoice, invoice number, amount of invoice and cumulative amount invoiced to date, contract line item number (CLIN), description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and extended price of supplies/services delivered, prompt payment discount terms, and any other required information. Alternate payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) system. Contractors must use the IPP website to register and submit payment requests. Waiver requests for using IPP must be submitted in writing to the contracting officer with the proposal or quotation. Agency protests can be filed with the contracting officer or at a level above the contracting officer. GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests can be filed unless an agency protest has been filed. A complete copy of all protests must be served upon the contract law division of the Office of the General Counsel. The place of acceptance for supplies and services will be the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Contractors are required to check the appropriate campus operating status and personnel requirements daily prior to arriving on site. In the event of a lapse in appropriation, access to government facilities and resources will be limited. Contractors are expected to follow all direction and guidance provided by NIST authorities. The Buy American Certificate provision requires offerors to certify that end products are domestic end products and contain critical components, or to list foreign end products. The terms commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, critical component, domestic end product, end product, and foreign end product are defined in the Buy American Supplies clause.
The bid notice mentions prompt payment discount terms if offered, and that payment requests must comply with the applicable payment request or invoicing instructions, prompt payment clause included in the contract, or the clause **** contract terms and conditions commercial items included in commercial item contracts. It also states that NIST requires invoice/voucher submissions to be sent electronically via email to invoice@nist. gov.
The government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.