What this opportunity is
The Department of Commerce is seeking quotes for five tide station enclosures under solicitation number 1305M226Q0141, which is a total small business set-aside. This opportunity falls under NAICS code 326199, suitable for small businesses with a size standard of 750 employees. Interested vendors should submit their quotes in PDF or Microsoft Word format, including the required specifications and active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Note that this is a combined synopsis/solicitation, meaning vendors should track the announcement closely for submission details rather than wait for a separate solicitation document.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION
Tide Station Enclosures
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in
accordance with RFO Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being
requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
Solicitation number 1305M226Q0141 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ), for 5 tide station
enclosures for Field Operations Division.
This acquisition is a total set-aside for small business concerns. The associated NAICS code is 326199.
The small business size standard is 750 employees.
This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses
may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul.
CLIN 0001
Five (5) Tide House Enclosures. See attached Statement of Need for specifications.
Specification sheets for quoted equipment must be included in the quote.
QUOTE PRICING MAY BE PROVIDED ON ATTACHED SF1449 FORM OR ON COMPANY
LETTERHEAD IN THE SAME FORMAT AS REQUESTED ON THE SF1449.
Delivery date as soon as possible. Vendor to provide lead time on quote.
Delivery shall be FOB Destination. Place of performance is:
Field Operations Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE,
Seattle, WA 98115
A list of solicitation provisions that apply to the acquisition can be found on the Request for Quote Form
SF1449 attachment.
RFO 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023)
(Deviation Jan 2026)
NOTICE TO OFFERORS: Instructions for submitting quotations under this request for quote must be
followed. Failure to provide all information to aid in the evaluation may be considered non-
responsive. Offers that are non-responsive may be excluded from further evaluation and rejected without
further notification to the offeror.
1. Submit PDF or Microsoft Word format quotations to the office specified in this solicitation at or
before the time specified in the solicitation. Quote documents shall include signed copies of the SF 1449
and SF 30(s) to acknowledge the solicitation and any applicable amendments. Email quotes are required
and can be sent to kyle.lawrence@noaa.gov.
2. Offeror shall have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM found at
https://sam.gov/content/home) in order to provide a quote and be eligible for award. Must provide their
UEID/CAGE CODE with their quote.
3. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of them or their capability.
4. Quotes must be valid for a minimum of 60 days.
5. Offerors must provide all evaluation criteria in accordance with RFO 52.212-2. Offerors who do not
provide all evaluation criteria may not be considered.
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RFO 52.212-2 Evaluation- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) (Deviation
Jan 2026)
Offers will be evaluated based on price and the factors set forth in paragraph (a).
(a) 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, price and other factors
considered. Paragraph (a) is hereby completed as follows: Evaluation will be based on the following
pass/fail criteria;
1. Technical Acceptability.
Specification Sheet - offeror must include specification sheets for quoted equipment.
2. Price.
The Government intends to award a low priced, technically acceptable, single firm fixed-price
purchase order on an all or none basis with payment terms of Net 30.
(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all
options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is
unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the
Government to exercise the option(s).
(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful
offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without
further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an
offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of
withdrawal is received before award.
(End of provision)
CAM 1352.215-72 Inquiries (Apr 2010)
OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS SOLICITATION IN WRITING
VIA EMAIL TO KYLE.LAWRENCE@NOAA.GOV. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE RECEIVED NO
LATER THAN 6/12/2026. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of
the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form,
only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the
contract.
(End of clause)
Per NOAA Deviation 2025-02/03: System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award
Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that
are not included in agency solicitations. Contracting officers will not consider those representations when
making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update
their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.
UTILIZATION OF FEDCONNECT® FOR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
The Department of Commerce will utilize the FedConnect® web portal in administering this award. The
contractor must be registered in FedConnect® and have access to the FedConnect® website located at
https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect®
questions please call the FedConnect® Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net.
There is no charge for registration in or use of FedConnect®.
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STATEMENT OF NEED
United States Department of Commerce
National …
Source: SAM.gov, as posted. Verify the current solicitation before responding.