1550--(C2) (660) New Requirement (Police) Thermal Drone (660-23-3-984-0248) (VA-23-00090799)

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Combined Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services
Description
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

The deadline for all questions is 4 pm MST, Sept 8, 2023.
All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date above. All question will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.

Quotes are to be provided no later than 4 pm MST, Sept 12, 2023. Quotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.

This solicitation is issued as an RFQ. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-07 effective Aug 10, 2022.

This solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 336411, with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees.
The FSC/PSC is 1550.

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, 1700 N. Wheeling St, Aurora, CO 80045

All interested companies shall provide quotations for the following:

Supplies/Services

Line Item
Description
Quantity
Unit of Measure
Unit Price
Total Price
0001
DJI MATRICE 30T THERMAL COMBO
1

EA

0002
DJI TB30 BATTERY FOR M30
4
EA
0003
FAA PART 107 COMMERCIAL DRONE COURSE
4
EA
0004
Shipping Cost
1
JB


Grand Total:
$

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)
END OF STATEMENT OF WORK
The Salt Lake City Veterans Health Care System is requesting the purchase of a Thermal Drone (Most comply with all 14 CFR part 107 regulations) The drone s primary function is to scan the campus for thermal signatures of missing patients, or persons in medical destress; additionally, it can access areas not easily attainable or confined spaces by Officers during an emergency.

Drone Specifications:
IP55 weather resistant rating or grater
Wide area Camera With optical zoom capability of 15x or grater
Thermal Camera
FPV Camera capable
Laser range finder with a ranging distance between 3 m - 1100 m
Obstacle Sensing Systems: Forward / Upward / Downward / Backward / Sideward
Battery
Battery charger with self-heating capability
Remote Control with an LCD touchscreen with a IP54 weather resistant rating or grater
Transmission Distance (unobstructed, free of interference) 15 km
Transmission Distance (with interference) (urban landscape, limited line of sight): 1.5-3 km
Bluetooth 5.1 capable
Average flight time of 40 minutes
Anti-collision strobe beacon (Most comply with all 14 CFR part 107 regulations)
Full 6 way directional sensing & positioningÂ
The ability to change batteries without powering down
Foldable booms and propeller for quick deployment

Drone Flight Redundancy systems:
Dual inertial measurement unit, (Angular rate, force, and Acceleration)
Dual Antennas
Dual Compass
Dual Transmission Links
Dual Remote Controller Redundancy

Contractor responsibilities:

Provide the FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Course for 4 people
Provide a minimum of 2 hours of hands-on flight training with the drone per person, For 4 people
Ensure that the drone meets all 14 CFR part 107 regulations before the first training flight
provide onsite installation and programming of each drone

Delivery shall be provided 90 days ARO

Place of Performance/Place of Delivery
Address:
500 Foothill Blvd, Salt Lake City, UT
Postal Code:
84145
Country:
UNITED STATES
The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:
FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Products and Commercial Services
Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable.

Offeror shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions.

The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items.

Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.

State if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.

If the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be VIP verified and visible in the VA Vendor Information Pages (VIP): https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.

Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.

All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments, or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.

All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.

Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; and (II) Price

Volume I - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement.
The offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the products, meets or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The product(s) quoted must be identified by brand name, if any, and make or model number.

Volume III Price
Price - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations:

Factor 1. Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement.
Factor 2. Price

Evaluation Approach. The Government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotations. The evaluation will consider the following:

Factor 1. Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation.

Factor 2. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line item prices. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)

FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services
Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.
The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:
FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Products and Commercial Services [6/02/2023]
FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders [6/02/2023]

52.204-23Â Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities.
As prescribed in 4.2004 , insert the following clause:
Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Nov 2021)
(a)Â Definitions. As used in this clause
Covered article means any hardware, software, or service that
(1) Is developed or provided by a covered entity.
(2) Includes any hardware, software, or service developed or provided in whole or in part by a covered entity; or
(3) Contains components using any hardware or software developed in whole or in part by a covered entity.
Covered entity means
(1)Â Kaspersky Lab;
(2)Â Any successor entity to Kaspersky Lab;
(3)Â Any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Kaspersky Lab; or
(4)Â Any entity of which Kaspersky Lab has a majority ownership.
(b) Prohibition. Section 1634 of Division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91) prohibits Government use of any covered article. The Contractor is prohibited from
(1) Providing any covered article that the Government will use on or after October 1, 2018; and
(2) Using any covered article on or after October 1, 2018, in the development of data or deliverables first produced in the performance of the contract.
(c)Â Reporting requirement.
(1) In the event the Contractor identifies a covered article provided to the Government during contract performance, or the Contractor is notified of such by a subcontractor at any tier or any other source, the Contractor shall report, in writing, to the Contracting Officer or, in the case of the Department of Defense, to the website at https://dibnet.dod.mil. For indefinite delivery contracts, the Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer for the indefinite delivery contract and the Contracting Officer(s) for any affected order or, in the case of the Department of Defense, identify both the indefinite delivery contract and any affected orders in the report provided at https://dibnet.dod.mil.
(2) The Contractor shall report the following information pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of this clause:
(i) Within 1 business day from the date of such identification or notification: the contract number; the order number(s), if applicable; supplier name; brand; model number (Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); item description; and any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended.
(ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the report pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of this clause: any further available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. In addition, the Contractor shall describe the efforts it undertook to prevent use or submission of a covered article, any reasons that led to the use or submission of the covered article, and any additional efforts that will be incorporated to prevent future use or submission of covered articles.
(d) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.
(End of clause)

52.204-26Â Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation.
As prescribed in 4.2105(c), insert the following provision:
Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020)
(a) Definitions. As used in this provision, "covered telecommunications equipment or services" and "reasonable inquiry" have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
(b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) ( https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services".
(c)Â
(1) Representation. The Offeror represents that it  does,  does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument.
(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry for purposes of this representation, the offeror represents that it  does,  does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services.
(End of provision)
52.204-27Â Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application.
As prescribed in 4.2203, insert the following clause:
Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023)
(a) Definitions. As used in this clause
Covered application means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited.
Information technology, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 11101(6)
(1) Means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive agency, if the equipment is used by the executive agency directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the executive agency that requires the use
(i)Â Of that equipment; or
(ii)Â Of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product;
(2)Â Includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources; but
(3)Â Does not include any equipment acquired by a Federal contractor incidental to a Federal contract.
(b) Prohibition. Section 102 of Division R of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328), the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, and its implementing guidance under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-23-13, dated February 27, 2023, No TikTok on Government Devices Implementation Guidance, collectively prohibit the presence or use of a covered application on executive agency information technology, including certain equipment used by Federal contractors. The Contractor is prohibited from having or using a covered application on any information technology owned or managed by the Government, or on any information technology used or provided by the Contractor under this contract, including equipment provided by the Contractor s employees; however, this prohibition does not apply if the Contracting Officer provides written notification to the Contractor that an exception has been granted in accordance with OMB Memorandum M-23-13.
(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.
(End of clause)

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:
FAR 52.204-10
Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020)
FAR 52.204-16
Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020)
FAR 52.204-24
Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (OCT 2020)
FAR 52.209-6
Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (JUN 2020)
FAR 52.219-28
Post Award Small Business Program Representation (NOV 2020)
FAR 52.222-3
Convict Labor (JUN 2003)
FAR 52.222-19
Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JUL 2020)
FAR 52.222-21
Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015)
FAR 52.222-26
Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016)
FAR 52.222-35
Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020)
FAR 52.222-36
Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020)
FAR 52.222-50
Combating Trafficking in Persons (OCT 2020)
FAR 52.223-18
Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (JUN 2020)
FAR 52.225-3
Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (JUL 2020)
FAR 52.225-13
Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008)
FAR 52.232-33
Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions:

852.212-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items (Apr 2020)
VAAR 852.203-70
Commercial Advertising (MAY 2018)
VAAR 852.232-72
Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018)
VAAR 852.233-70
Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (SEP 2018)
VAAR 852.233-71
Alternate Protest Procedure (SEP 2018)
VAAR 852.246-71
Rejected Goods (OCT 2018)

852.252-70, Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Jan 2008)
The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, or the clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.
http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html
https://www.acquisition.gov/vaar
The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:
FAR 52.204-7
System for Award Management (OCT 2018)
FAR 52.204-16
Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020)
FAR 52.219-6
Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
FAR 52.204-23
Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities
FAR 52.204-25
Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment
FAR 52.209-10
Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations
FAR 52.232-8
Discounts for Prompt Payment
FAR 52.232-9
Limitation on Withholding of Payments
FAR 52.232-11
Extras
FAR 52.232-39
Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
FAR 52.233-3
Protest after Award
FAR 52.233-4
Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim
FAR 52.242-15
Stop-Work Order
FAR 52.243-1
Changes-Fixed-Price
FAR 52.246-1
Contractor Inspection Requirements
FAR 52.247-34
F.o.b. Destination





The following VAAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:
None

The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference:
FAR 52.203-17
Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (JUN 2020)
FAR 52.204-13
System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018)
FAR 52.204-18
Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020)
FAR 52.232-40
Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (NOV 2021)


The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference:
VAAR 852.212-71
Gray Market Items (APR 2020)

All quotes shall be sent to the contracting officer Tamanica Danford-Leaf
Tamanica.danford-leaf@va.gov

Award will be based upon a comparative evaluation of quotes in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR 13. Comparative evaluation is the side by side pairwise comparison of quotes based on factors resulting in a Contracting Officer decision for the quote most favorable to the Government.

The award will be made to the response most advantageous to the Government.
responses should contain your best terms, conditions.
To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:
"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."
OR
"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"
Quoters shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s), if any.

Submission of your response shall be received not later than 4pm MST, Sept 12, 2023 at Tamanica.danford-leaf@va.gov

Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f).

Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Point of Contact listed below.

Point of Contact:
Tamanica Danford-Leaf
303-712-5830
Tamanica.danford-leaf@va.gov

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