Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chief, Acquisition and Materiel Management (90C), One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417

J -- ELEVATOR HOIST ROPES (LABOR AND MATERIAL TO INSTALL) SOL RFQ 45-MN-97 DUE 070897 POC Mavis Nelson 612-725-2189 VA Medical Center (VAMC), Minneapolis, MN intends to award a contract from this combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Solicitation #RFQ-45-MN is assigned as Request For Quotation (RFQ) and a written solicitation will not be issued. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. This procurement is issued for full and open competition. SIC code is 7349 and the small business size standard is $12 million. 1. Provide all labor and necessary material to install new hoisting ropes in eleven (11) Dover electric traction passenger elevators in Banks A, B and C of Bldg. 70, VAMC (11 elevators each with 5 hoist ropes of 320 feet each). Provide each elevator with the required number and size of ropes to ensure adequate traction for the range of loads with a factor of safety not less than that required by ASME A17.1. Hoisting ropes shall be special traction steel, preformed, conforming to Fed. Spec RR-W-410 with minimum nominal diameter of one-half inch. For machines located overhead, 6 by 19 traction steel hoisting ropes may, at the Contractor's option, be used in lieu of 8 by 19 construction. 2. Ends of each hoisting rope shall be properly turned back, socketed with babbit, and secured to the car and counerweight headers or dead end hitch plates, with adjustable rope shackles having individual tapered babbitted sockets; shackel hoisting ropes to allow adequate take up for future cable stretch. 3. All hoisting ropes installed on any one elevator shall be from the same identical factory run; in addition to compliance with requirements of the ASME A17.1 code, the appropriate handling, socketing and inspection procedure, outline in the Inspector's Manual ASME A17.2 shall apply. 4. Provide guards where hoisting ropes pass around sheaves on cars and counterweights. 5. Attach a corrosion-resistant metal data tag to one hoisting rope fastening of each elevator; tag shall bear data as required by ASME A17.1 code. 6. Hoistway openings will be completely closed off from public viewing at all times during the replacement of the ropes in each elevator. 7. Contractor must provide own tools, equipment and incidental materials for installation; perform daily general cleanup. Complete all work within 30 calendar days of issuance of Award/Notice to Proceed, exclusive of holidays, Monday through Friday, during normal working hours from 8:00 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Award will be for a firm fixed-price contract, FOB destination with payment in arrears on certified invoice. A pre-bid site walk is scheduled for June 24, 1997 at 9:00 a.m. local time. Meet at the Information Desk at the Visitor's Entrance of Bldg. 70, VA Medical Center, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417. Failure to attend this pre-bid conference will not relieve the successful Contractor from compliance with all specifications, terms and conditions of resultant contract. The following incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through FAC 90-46 and are applicable to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (past performance/references and price are equal evaluation items);52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with his/her offer. Original proposals shall be submitted on company letterhead (or on Contracting Officer's preferred form SF-1449) to MAVIS NELSON, Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, Building 70, Room 4G-107, One Veterans Drive, Building 70, Minneapolis, MN 55417 by 4:30 p.m. on July 8, 1997. Point of contact: Mavis Nelson (612)725-2189 and/or FAX (612)725-2072. (0162)

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