U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Rm 6833, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20535-0001

58 -- COMMUNICATION, DETECTION AND COHERENT RADIATION EQUIPMENT SOL RFQ70535 DUE 092697 POC Earlene H. Lewis, Contract Specialist, (202) 324-2947 This is a combined synopsis/solicitations for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation ( FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplement with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-46. This solicitation is issued under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), FAR subpart 13, including the Test Program and is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification is 3572 and Business Size Standards is 1,000 employees. The solicitation is issued under Request for Quotation (RFQ) # 70535. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity Contract based on one year plus four (4) one year options. The minimum requirement is 2,000 optical disks with a maximum of 14,000 optical disks each. CLIN #1 (a)1- 4,000 each, (b) 4,001-8,000 each, 8,001-12,000 each, (d) 12,001-14,000 each, (CLIN a-d is provided for quantity discount pricing). The FBI has a requirement to purchase and have formatting for the following Optical Diskette: 2.6 GB 1024 BS MO High Level Formatted 5.25" for Sony SMO-F531 Drive SUN OS 4.1 to support application INSTAL. MOSOL ver 4.0 release date July 1992, and must meet ISO Standards. The formatting specifications are: The optical disk drives and utilities used by the DMW system are MO-SOL version K- distributed by Instar Corporation running on a SunOS 4.1.3 or later operating system. Formatting of the optical disk using the MO-SOL format utility od_fmt. DO NOT use SUN's format program to perform the actual format of the disk, the data format for the defects list is different and will cause havoc: Labeling the optical disk using either utility program with the MO-SOL drive called od_label, or with the SunOS format command. The disk label is "FILE_FMT&llmdash;2X". Creating a UNIX file system on a disk using the SunOS(UNIX) command newfs (example /usr/ect/newfs-t 4-C7 -d0 /dev/rod0g), It is important to use the RAW device. Instar suggests calling newfs with the option -- t 4(i.e.-t 4 /dev/rod0g. This will optimize space and inode usage. If SunOs 4.1.1 or later is being used, the option -C 7- d0 will allow clustering by the file system to improve performance: Permissions on the file system must be changed so that a non-root user can put data on the optical disk. The file owner must be changed to "dmwsa" and group to "irss". File permissions must be set to "0774". The FBI will provide a master disk for formatting specification to the contractor upon award of the contract. FOB- Destination to FBI, Research Facility, Quantico,VA., Delivery begins 30 ARO. The contractor is required to have a minimum of 1,000 formatted optical diskettes in stock for reordering. Warranty one year or better. This is an all or none procurement. The award will be made to the responsive, responsible offeror submitting the lowest priced technically acceptable offer and meeting all terms and condition set forth in this solicitation. The following clauses and provisions are applicable: 52.212-1-Instructions to offers -- Commercial Items (OCT 1995), 52.212.2 -- Evaluations-Commercial Items (OCT 1995), 52.212.3 offers Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (JAN 1997), 52.212.4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (MAY 1997, 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Order -- Commercial Items (AUG 1996), 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995). All quotes must be submitted to Earlene H. Lewis at the above address no later than 4:30 p.m., DST, September 26, 1997, clearly marked with RFQ # 70535. Facsimile quotes will be accepted at 202-324-3767. Point of contact for all information is Earlene H. Lewis at the above address and telephone number. Bidders are hereby notified that if your quote are not received by the date/time specified in this announcement, it will be considered late or non-responsive. Award to be made within 2 days after closing. Pending waiver from SBA for nonmanufacturer rule. (0254)

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