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GSA MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE (MAS) SOLICITATION. The Greater Southwest Acquisition Center, Fort Worth, Texas, is issuing a refreshed solicitation effective June 13, 2019 electronically. IMPORTANT: CURRENT SCHEDULE 066 CONTRACTORS DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. This is the final set of solicitation refreshes before GSA consolidates the 24 existing MAS solicitations into a single Schedule for products and services in October 2019. To learn more about MAS Transformation, please review: GSA press release at: https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-announces-transformation-of-multiple-awards-schedules FAQs on the Federal Marketplace website at: https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/fas-initiatives/federal-marketplace-strategy UPDATES TO THE SOLICITATION: Schedules were made aware that there are wage determinations (WDs) missing from the files incorporated into all solicitations via the April refresh. After significant research and validation of the files, we have determined that the size of the file resulted in instability when downloading and emailing, causing a portion of the files to be dropped from the PDFs. Note: Individual Schedules may update additional clauses/provisions to make clarifications, administrative corrections, and other required changes IMPACTS: We have corrected for this issue by breaking the files into smaller parts, and have validated that the files now contain all necessary WDs. In order to incorporate the corrected files into our MAS solicitations, we are refreshing all Schedules. NOTES: In addition to the corrected WD files, the clause updates below will be made as well: I-FSS-599 (FEB 2018) - Date corrected to APRIL 2018 CI-FSS-151-N (OCT 2015) (ALT I-JUL 2016) - currently designated as a clause, will be changed to a provision CI-FSS-151-N (OCT 2015) - currently designated as a clause, will be changed to a provision CI-FSS-151-S (OCT 2015) - currently designated as a clause, will be changed to a provision CI-FSS-151-S (OCT 2015) (ALT I-JUL 2016) - currently designated as a clause, will be changed to a provision NOTICE: The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program has recently experienced a tremendous increase in new offers. Due to the large number of new offers currently in process, it could take up to 12 months before your offer is evaluated. GSA's practice is to evaluate offers in the order in which they are received. However, GSA may give priority to processing certain offers when circumstances dictate, such as when a federal agency Contracting Officer specifically requests an expedited offer review in order to meet a pending requirement that will be procured under the MAS program, or when there is a need for GSA to bring strategically critical new products or services to market in order to meet federal customer needs. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES: Please review the solicitation document for clause changes. Please note that all vendors submitting an offer under this Solicitation must be registered in the System For Award Management (SAM) website. The SAM website can be accessed https://www.sam.gov. Interested parties may access the solicitation at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov. This site provides instructions for downloading the solicitation files. Search using Solicitation Number 7FCB-C4-07-0066-B (include the dashes). The solicitation is entitled Schedule 066: Scientific Equipment and Services. The products or groups addressed in this solicitation are as follows: FSC Class 5985 Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment; 6625 Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Equipment; 6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment Materials and Machine Testing and Analyzing Instruments; 6685 Pressure, Temperature and Humidity Measuring and Controlling Instruments; and, 6695 Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments. FSC Class 3770, Animal Caging, Accessories and Options; 4110 Laboratory and Refrigeration Equipment, Accessories and Options; 6630, Chemical Analysis Instruments; 6635, Physical Properties Testing and Equipment; 6636, Environmental Chambers; 6640, Dilutors, Pipettors and Pipetting Systems, and Laboratory Equipment and Supplies; 6650, Optical Instruments; and, 6670, Scales, Balances, Options and Accessories. FSC Class 6625, Noise Measuring Instruments; 6630 and 6640 Liquid and Gas Analysis Equipment; 6655, Geophysical Instruments; 6655 and 6660, Geophysical and Meteorological Instruments and Data Collection; 6665, Hazard Detection Equipment; and 6675, Surveying Equipment. Special Item Numbers (SIN) 873-1 Mechanical Testing and Analysis Services, SIN 873-2 Chemical Testing and Analysis Services, 873-3 Electrical Testing and Analysis Services, and, 873-4 Geotechnical and Thermal/Fire Testing and Analysis Services. The basic solicitation includes clauses, which are applicable to the solicitation/resultant contract. The basic solicitation has multiple attachments pertaining to various aspects of the solicitation. Offerors must complete and return all exhibits or attachments applicable to the product/services, which they intend to offer. Please read the attachment entitled, Information and Instructions to Offerors, for information and instructions in completing the solicitation and attachments. This is a standing solicitation with no closing date for receipt of offers. This solicitation will remain in effect until it is replaced by another refreshed solicitation. The Federal Supply Schedule period is continuous and will contain contracts with periods that commence on the date of award (DOA) and expire five years (exclusive of any options) from the DOA unless further extended pursuant to any option to extend the term of the contract, or cancelled sooner. This solicitation contains an option clause, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Evergreen), which allows the Government to extend the contract three additional five-year periods, not to exceed a total of twenty years. All contracts will be indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts with a $2,500 guaranteed minimum for the contract period. All contracts to be awarded include Industrial Funding Fee provisions. The Trade Agreements clause applies to this solicitation.