Commander (VPL), MLCPAC, Coast Guard Island, Bldg. 50-7, Alameda, CA 94501-5100

20 -- MARINE DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING MACHINERY CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM COMPONENTS SOL DTCG85-97-R-66SZ04 DUE 080697 POC Sharon Hunter, Contracting Officer, (510) 437-3996, (510) 437-3392 FAX E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via E-Mail, shunter@d11.uscg.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals in response to this solicitation are requested and no written solicitation will be issued. The provisions and clauses incorporated in this solicitation are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. The Standard Industrial Classification is 3571; the Small Business Size Standard is 1,000 employees. The U.S. Coast Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific (MLCPAC) intends to contract with TANO Automation, Inc.(TANO) of New Orleans, LA to acquire components for a computerized Machinery Control and Monitoring (MCAM) system manufactured by TANO and installed on each of two USCG POLAR class icebreakers. The following components will be acquired: P/N 68500A1010-101, CPU PCB (comm), 3 ea.; P/N 68000A1040-101, LAN PCB, 3 ea.; P/N 68000A1060-101, TDAC Controller, 1 ea.; P/N 68500A1030-101, Serial I/O PCB (comm), 2 ea.; P/N 68500A1020-101, RAM PCB, 6 ea.; P/N 68500A1050-101, Graphics Controller (comm), 2 ea.; P/N 4910A7610-2301, Micro-Controller PCB, 1 ea. TANO designed and holds all rights to the listed components. Manufacturer's drawings, schematics, or specifications are not available through the Coast Guard and cannot be furnished with this solicitation. The following FAR Clauses apply: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, (a) Award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable offer; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items; 52..212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders (b) (1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), and (10) applies along with the following additional FAR clauses: 52.211-5, New Material; 52.211-6, Listing of Other Than New Material, Residual Inventory, and Former Government Surplus Property; 52.211-7, Other Than New Material, Residual Inventory, and Former Government Surplus Property; 52.211-8, Time of Delivery (a) required 180 days after award; 52-211-12, Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense Use -- DO rated; 52.211-15, Defense Priority Allocation Requirements; 52.233-3, Protest After Award; 52.242-13, Bankruptcy; 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination. The point of delivery is USCG Naval Engineering Support Unit, 1519 Alaskan Way S., Seattle, WA 98134-1192, ATTN: LCDR Dave Hoard. Offers are due on 06 AUG 1997 at 2:00PM Pacific Daylight Time and shall to be sent to Commander, Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific, BLDG 50-7 Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA 94501-5100, ATTN: Sharon Hunter, Contracting Officer. Offerors other than TANO Automation should include with their proposal complete technical information concerning the components to be supplied, including manufacturing drawings, schematics, specifications and quality assurance and testing procedures. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: It is the policy of the United States Coast Guard to issue solicitations and make contract awards in a fair and timely manner. To further this policy, the Commandant has created the position of Solicitation Ombudsman who is empowered to investigate issues raised by prospective offerors and resolve them, where possible, without expensive and time-consuming litigation. Potential offerors who believe that a Coast Guard solicitation is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their concerns to the cognizant contracting officer. If the contracting officer is unable to satisfy the concerns, the offeror should then contact the Coast Guard Solicitation Ombudsman at the following address: Commandant (G-CPM-S/3), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, D.C.20593, Telephone (202)267-2285, Fax (202)267-4011. Potential offerors should provide the following information to the Ombudsman in order to ensure a timely response: solicitation number, contracting office, contracting officer, and solicitationclosing date. Additional Notice for Minority, Woman Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has programs to assist minority, woman-owned and disadvantaged enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. See Note 22. (0193)

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