DLA, Defense National Stockpile Center, Directorate of Stockpile Contracts, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 4616, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6223

B -- COBALT SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS SERVICES SOL SP0833-98-Q-0094 DUE 030698 POC Martha L. Hochberg, Contracting Officer, (703) 767-5503 WEB: DNSC Homepage, http://www.dnsc.dla.mil. E-MAIL: Point of Contact, Martha L. Hochberg, hochberg_martha@dla.hq.mil. The Defense National Stockpile Center is soliciting quotes under FAR Part 12 from qualified offerors for sampling and chemical analyses of 261 lots of cobalt rondelles and granules stored at various locations in NY, WV, IN, NJ, and OH. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate a firm fixed-price type contract to include a period of performance of one year from date of award. Award will be based on best value. Assayers must be recognized Minor Metal Trade Association and London Metals Exchange certified assayers of cobalt. A certificate or other documentation must be provided to be eligible for award. The remaining evaluation factors are listed in descending order of importance: experience of sampling personnel, experience of analysts, past performance, and price. All evaluation factors, other than cost or price, when combined are more important than price. However, as offerors become more equal in experience and past performance, price becomes more important. Offerors are advised to review the RFQ carefully and provide all requested information for evaluation purposes. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns under SIC code 8734 -- $5M size standard. Estimated issuance date of the RFQ is February 13, 1998 and responses are due to be received by the close of business March 6, 1998. Requests for the solicitation should be forwarded by facsimile to: (703) 767-5484. No telephonic requests will be honored. (0044)

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