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W -- LEASE OF PAGERS SOL N00244-97-Q-5189 DUE 090597 POC Point of Contact is Bid Officer at 619-532-2690/2692; Gwen Young, Purchasing Agent at 619-532-2890; FAX 619-532-1088/9 WEB: Click here to learn more about FISC San Diego and additional contracting opportunities., http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to submit your quote electronically or to contact the Purchasing Agent via e-mail., gwen_young@fmso.navy.mil. This announcement, originally published in the CBD on 8/4/97 as a Total Small Business Set-Aside action, is hereby republished on an unrestricted basis; all eligible, responsible sources may submit an offer. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items and services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Solicitation number N00244-97-Q-5189 applies and is issued as a Request For Quotation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-11. The standard industrial code is 4812 and the business size standard is 1,500 employees. The agency need is for all services, material, and equipment to provide a voice-paging system. This requirement is for a fixed priced contract for a base year period commencing October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998, plus three (3) option years (10/1/98 -- 9/30/99, 10/1/99 -- 9/30/00, and 10/1/00 -- 9/30/01, for line items as follows. Line Item 0001: Lease/rental of 450 digital display pagers (with manuals) plus airtime. Quote should include monthly lease/rental charge and airtime charge on a "per unit" basis. Line Item 0002: Lease/rental of 75 alpha-numeric display pagers (with manuals) plus airtime. Quote should include monthly lease/rental charge and airtime charge on a "per unit" basis. Line Item 0003: Yearly charge for pager protection for 525 pagers . Quote should include cost per pager on a yearly basis. Line Item 0004: Monthly lease of one (1) Pager Terminal. Quote should include monthly lease/rental charge. Line Item 0005: Monthly lease of one (1) Paging Transmitter. Quote should include monthly lease/rental charge. Line Item 0006: Monthly lease of Paging antenna System. Quote should include monthly lease/rental charge. Line Item 0007: Replacement charges for lost/stolen pagers. Quote should include a "per unit" charge. Contractor shall provide all services, material, and equipment for providing a numeric and an alphanumeric display paging system for approximately 600 users at the Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, CA and all Naval Branch Clinics at Camp Pendleton, including clinics at Barstow, CA; El Toro/Tustin, CA; and Yuma, AZ. Services shall include installation, maintenance/repair, and removal of all hardware and equipment upon expiration, completion, or termination of the contract. The pagers should have an audible paging signal, audible low battery alarm, and user-selected "silent" mode with vibration signaling. Pagers must be capable of being accessed from any "true tone" push button telephone, with the technical capability of allowing the user to access a pager without having to first obtain an outside line (i.e. dial "9") when paging from a telephone connected to the Government CATS/PBX system. The Naval Hospital has set aside a four-digit extension (1891) for this purpose. If this involves either a trunk line to the contractor's computer or the use of a call distributor to share additional lines, it will be the contractor's responsibility to meet that requirement. The system shall be capable of penetrating reinforced concrete structures to include lead-lined rooms and earthquake resistant buildings. This provision may require installation of a transmitter/repeater and/or separate antenna/radiax cable for each floor containing lead-lined rooms or earthquake resistant materials. The contractor will be responsible for acquiring, installing, and maintaining all company equipment needed to fulfill this requirement. The pager system shall have a minimum pager radius of 150 miles from the Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton. This range radius shall include penetration of other earthquake-reinforced structures such as the hospitals and clinics in San Diego, CA; Yuma, AZ; El Toro/Tustin, CA; and Barstow, CA. The contractor shall provide local telephone numbers for Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton and all Branch Medical Clinics aboard Camp Pendleton. The contractor will also provide local telephone numbers for the Branch Clinics at Barstow and Seal Beach, CA and Yuma, AZ for their respective calling areas. The contractor shall provide all transmitters/repeaters, system hardware/software, and related equipment necessary to ensure successful performance of all the pagers. It may be necessary to place a second transmitter/repeater on Horno Ridge, located approximately 7-1/2 miles from the Hospital at Camp Pendleton. The contractor will be required to certify and ensure that the paging system provided does not interfere with other hospital electronic equipment, including but not limited to LAN lines that run throughout the hospital ceilings. The contractor shall provide a specific point of contact (e.g. an account or service representative) to be the principal point of contact and provide liaison for conducting day-to-day pager business. The contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer's Representative between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays, or the Officer of the Day all other times, should any system degradation, downtime, or failure occur. Notifications shall include the type of problem, expected time to resolve, impact, name of contact and their position, and telephone number. The contractor shall provide extra unprogrammed pagers for storage at the Hospital, Camp Pendleton, to be utilized for immediate replacement of malfunctioning pagers. A minimum of three percent (3%) of provided pagers must be available at all times as replacement and back-up units. This back-up supply shall be replenished "one-for-one" on a periodic "as needed" basis, and shall not drop below five percent (5%) unprogrammed pagers available at any one time. The contractor shall provide the Contractor Officer's Representative with a monthly report identifying each pager provided, by a date agreed upon. This report shall be sorted by organization codes/departments. The Contracting Officer's Representative will provide the contractor with a master list, which shows pager numbers, to assist the contractor in sorting the monthly report. All equipment must be delivered, installed and operational Error! MergeField was not found in header record of data source., to be delivered FOB Destination to: . Mark for: . Acceptance shall be made at destination. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items applies. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Paragraph (b)(5): Offers shall provide an express warranty which at a minimum shall be the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public. Express warranties shall be included in the contract. Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items, applies with paragraph (a) completed as follows: Award will be made to the offeror that meets the solicitation's minimum criteria for technical acceptability at the lowest price. To be determined technically acceptable, the offerormust provide references from a minimum of three (3) major, current accounts in the Southern California area for whom the offeror provides similar service. Offerors are required to complete and include a copy of the following provisions with their proposals: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications Commercial Items. Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies with the following addendum clauses: FAR 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options; FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services; FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, with Paragraph (a) completed as follows "The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days..." and Paragraph (c) completed as follows "The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed four (4) years"; and FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items applies with the following applicable clauses for paragraph (b): FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies with the following clauses applicable for paragraph (b): DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program; and DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. Any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation will be a DO-rated order certified for national defense use under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System. The government intends to make a single award to the responsible offeror whose offer is the most advantageous to the government considering price and price related factors. Quotes must include pricing for each option year as well as the base year, and evaluation for award shall be inclusive of the option years. Please ensure your company's CAGE code, mailing and remittance address is reflected on quote. Quotes must be received no later than 3:00 PM, local time, 090597, and will be accepted via fax (619-532-1088/9) or via e-mail (gwen_young@fmso.navy.mil) ONLY. DO NOT mail. See Numbered Note(s) 13. (0233)

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