Radiological Services

Amendment 0003 - The purpose of amendment is to change the proposalsubmission date due to federal holiday, from Monday, January 18, 2021 to Tuesday, January 19, 2021, Eastern Standard Time (EST). Amendment 0002 - The purpose of amendment is to provide answers to questions,Attachment 4 - Q&A, is hereby incorporated hereto. Amendment 0001 - The purpose of amendment is to allow the Interested Vendors List to be viewable. Combined Synopsis/Solicitation This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this requirement is 9531BM21R0002. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-02. This requirement is issued under full and open competition. The associated NAICS code is 541380, Testing Laboratories. The small business size standard of this NAICS code is $16.5 Million. Background The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent Federal agency with the primary missions of investigating civil aviation accidents in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation -- railroad, highway, marine and pipeline -- and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents. As part of the NTSBs accident and incident investigations, the NTSB requires various radiological services in order to fully characterize the condition of accident components. The radiological services shall include one or more of the following services: computed tomography scans, digital radiographs, and post processing of images. These services are uniquely able to document the interior configuration of a component without requiring disassembly. The purpose of this contract is to enable the NTSB to procure timely test results regarding the condition of investigation related components through the use of radiological services. Description of Requirement Review Attachment 1 Sections B-M which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for additional information. Basis for Award The Government may award one (1) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with individually funded task orders using FFP rates to the responsible Contractor whose proposal that conforms to the RFP, will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other price factors considered, such that it provides the best value to the Government. Best value is defined as the procurement process that results in the most advantageous acquisition decision for the Government that is performed through an integrated assessment and trade-off analysis between price and non-price factors. Review Attachment 1 for additional information. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the NTSB. Clauses and Provisions Review and complete Attachment 2, Clauses and Provisions, where applicable, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for additional information. Submission of Proposals Your proposal must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), on or before January 18, 2021. LATE PROPOSALS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.212-1. Offers may be transmitted via email to: Janice McCoy Email: [email protected] The maximum size of an email, including attachments, which the NTSB email server can accept is 15 megabytes (MB). Therefore, the Contractor may choose to send their proposal in separate emails, if the combined file size of any email received by the NTSB email server will exceed 15MB. Contractors are encouraged to remove excess graphics from their proposals to ensure proposals remain under the file size limit. It is the Contractor's responsibility to ensure that the designated point of contact has received your proposal at the email address of the contact specified above by the proposal due date. The samples as described in Section L-3, Part I, Technical Proposal shall be submitted with the proposal via contractor provided download link. Questions Regarding the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation All questions regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation shall be directed to Janice McCoy via email at [email protected] . ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00pm (EST) on December 14, 2020. Janice McCoy Contracting Officer National Transportation Safety Board Email: [email protected] Electronic Dissemination of Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Access to this RFP and amendments will be posted on the System for Award Management Beta Government website: https://beta.sam.gov/ under Contract Opportunities. All contractors are cautioned that it is your responsibility to frequently check back to the website to ensure that you have received all issued amendments.