SOLICITATION NOTICE
34 -- LEASE PURCHASE OF TWO LATHE MILLING MACHINES
- Notice Date
- 11/25/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 333512
— Machine Tool (Metal Cutting Types) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall SpaceFlight Center, AL 35812
- ZIP Code
- 35812
- Solicitation Number
- NNM08272941Q
- Response Due
- 11/28/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/25/2009
- Point of Contact
- Marianne R. Campbell, Contract Specialist, Phone 256-544-6496, Fax 256-544-0236, - Betty C. Kilpatrick, Contract Specialist, Phone 256-544-0310, Fax 256-544-6062, />
- E-Mail Address
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Marianne.R.Campbell@nasa.gov, betty.c.kilpatrick@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
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- Description
- THIS NOTICE CONSTITUTES AMENDMENT NO.4 TO THE COMBINED SYNOPSIS/RFQ FOR LEASEPURCHASE OF TWO LATHE MILLING MACHINES. Companies shall acknowledge all amendment(s) intheir quote. This notice serves as the official amendment to subject synopsis/RFQ and awritten amendment will not be issued.The purpose of this amendment is to (1) provide additional information regarding MSFC'sposition to lease/purchase equipment, (2) add an additional clause that will be includedin the lease purchase agreement and (3) answer questions asked before the due date: 1. The Government will review the requirement for the equipment prior to the anniversarydate of each lease renewal. The Government retains the unilateral right to discontinuethe lease should the requirement be discontinued with no further payment due. 2. Clause 52.207-5, Option to Purchase Equipment is added to the soliciation and will bein the award in full text. 52.207-5 Option to Purchase Equipment (Feb 1995) (a) The Government may purchase the equipment provided on a lease or rental basis underthis contract. The Contracting Officer may exercise this option only by providing aunilateral modification to the Contractor. The effective date of the purchase will bespecified in the unilateral modification and may be any time during the period of thecontract, including any extensions thereto. (b) Except for final payment and transfer of title to the Government, the lease or rentalportion of the contract becomes complete and lease or rental charges shall bediscontinued on the day immediately preceding the effective date of purchase specified inthe unilateral modification required in paragraph (a) of this clause. (c) The purchase conversion cost of the equipment shall be computed as of the effectivedate specified in the unilateral modification required in paragraph (a) of this clause,on the basis of the purchase price set forth in the contract, minus the total purchaseoption credits accumulated during the period of lease or rental, calculated by theformula contained elsewhere in this contract. (d) The accumulated purchase option credits available to determine the purchaseconversion cost will also include any credits accrued during a period of lease or rentalof the equipment under any previous Government contract if the equipment has been oncontinuous lease or rental. The movement of equipment from one site to another site shallbe "continuous rental." 3. Question: I'm a little confused about the title of the RFQ which reads "Lease Purchaseof Two Lathe Milling Machines". In the description, the requested machine is aHorizontal Milling Machine. Is the Horizontal Milling Machine requested in thedescription, the right one?Answer: Yes, the horizonal milling machine in the specifications is the right one. Bothmilling machines are to be horizonal. Question: I am not familiar with the abbreviation "ATP" in the delivery. What doesthat mean?Answer: Authority to proceed.Question: Regarding #17 under the Description, is the onsite training you require 2weeks total for both machines or two weeks for each machine?Answer: Two weeks total. The Machines are identical.Question:. I understand you want a 60 mo, $1.00 purchase option capital lease.Typicallythe monthly payments are made monthly, not annually. We do offer 90 day delayed paymentoptions as well as seasonal skip payments. Would you please clarify the frequency ofpayments? Answer: Payment shall be made annually on, or around, the anniversery date of thepurchase. One payment will be made a year for a 5-year period.2. Prior to documentation we would need: a. the names and titles of document signers b. the entity name that the lease will be in. c. physical address that equipment will be located at. d. signed credit application- form attached. Answer a. Betty C. Kilpatrick/Contracting Officer or Michael R. Sosebee/ContractingOfficer or Marianne Campbell/Contracting Officer, depending on the dollar value of thelease.b. NASA/Marshal Space Flight Centerc. See modification 1d. The Federal Government does not fill out credit applications.The due date for receipt of offers is not extended. Companies shall provide the information stated in the synopsis/RFQ posted on the NASAAcquisition Internet Service (NAIS) on 11/14/2008. Documents related to this procurementare available over the Internet. These documents reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) serverwhich may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for theNASA/MSFC Business Opportunities home page ishttp://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=62
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