Fleet Industrial Supply Center Norfolk Detachment Washington D.C., Washington Navy Yard, Bldg. 200, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

66 -- INDUSTRIES AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL N00600-95-R-2797 DUE 091395 POC For a copy of the solicitation contact the Customer Service Center, (202) 433-2951, or fax your request to (202) 433-9569. For additional information contact, contact Ron Rosenberg, Code PC2R, (202) 433-0770. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk Detachment Washington (FISCNORDETWASH) has a requirement in support of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Detachment (PESO), Annapolis, MD for a Constant Rate Test Machine consisting of two load frames with controllers and a microprocessor with each load frame having a capacity of 8,000 pounds. The equipment shall consist of, but is not limited to: two load frames with load cells, constant extension (tension) speed, electric motor powered with anti-backlash gear drive and capable of tension testing specimens at a full load of not less than 8,000 pounds of capacity. Each load frame shall have a control and display unit which can control and test an individual load frame without a microprocessor. The load frame shall contain a digital load indicator/controller. The system shall be provided with a dedicated IBM compatible microprocessor data system capable of controlling/monitoring both load frames simultaneously. Place of delivery has not been secured but equipment is being procured for Naval Surface Weapons Center, Carderock, MD. Proposals will be evaluated based upon low price/technically acceptable. This proposed contract is being considered as a 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns, as defined by the clause 52.219-6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The interested small businesses should provide the contracting office as early as possible, but not later than 15 days after this notice, evidence of their capability to perform the contract and a positive statement of their eligibility as a small business (a firm with 500 employees or less). A manufacturer or regular dealer submitting an offer in its own name agrees to furnish, end items manufactured or produced by small business concerns inside the United States, its territories and possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the District of Columbia. If adequate response is not received from small business concerns, the solicitation will instead be issued, without further notice, as: Unrestricted. Therefore, replies to this notice are also requested from Large Business concerns. (0194)

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