USDA-ARS-FAA, Richard B. Russell Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605-2720

37 -- RECONDITIONED COTTON PICKER SOL RFQ-008-4384-98 DUE 041598 POC Elaine Wood, Contract Specialist, 706-546-3534 WEB: click here to download a copy of 52.212-3, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, woode@ars.usda.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number RFQ-008-4384-98 is issued as a request for quotation. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-03. FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside is applicable to this acquisition. The standard industrial classification code is 3523. The small business size standard is 500 employees. Delivery of item will be to USDA, ARS, Coastal Plains Experiment Station, duTifton GA. Any interested/qualified sources who can provide the item above must respond by April 15, 1998. Quotations should be addressed to USDA.ARS.Area Contracting Office, POB 5677, 950 College Station Rd, Athens, GA 30605. Attn: Elaine Wood. Show RFQ number on outside of envelope. Descriptive literature showing the quoted cotton picker meets all specifications included herein must accompany the quotation. Delivery time and delivery costs must be included. Acceptance shall be made at destination.The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive/responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is most price advantageous to the government. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror/Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with its quotation.This may be copied from the weblink shown below. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items awarded to a responsive/responsible offeror at a fair and reasonable price; 52.212-3,Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and conditions-Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of 52.212-5, Contract terms and conditions required to implement statutes or executive orders-Commercial Items will apply to the resultant contract:52.203-6; 52.203-10; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36, 52.222-37; 52.225-3; 52.239-1. SPECIFICATIONS FOR ONE RECONDITIONED,TWO-ROW, HIGH DRUM,SELF-PROPELLED COTTON PICKER TO BE IN FIELD READY CONDITION: 1.Cane and rice drive wheel tires, suitable for operation on wet and/or sandy soils; 2.Operator's cab with pressurizer, heater and air conditioner; 3.less than 2500 hours; 4.Wide steering axle, with two rear steering tires to allow operation on wet and/or sandy soils; 5.Mud shield and scrapers; 6.Electric starting kit; 7.Halogen-like field lamp kit; 8.Tether-like greasing system; 9.AM-FM radio; 10.Air system monitor; 11.Basket compactor; 12.Rebuilt picker units with original manufacturer parts; 13.New flexible picker air hoses from picker units; 14.Hydrostatic transmission; 15.Offeror's certification that picker is infield ready condition.The contractor shall extend to the Government the full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale, provided such warranty is available at no additional cost to the Government. Acceptance of the standard commercial warranty does not waive the Government's rights under the Inspection clause nor does it limit the Government's rights with regard to the other terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of a conflict, the terms and conditions of the contract shall take precedence over the standard commercial warranty. The contractor shall provide a copy of its standard commercial warranty (if applicable) with its response. Responses are due by 4:00 PM local time on April 15, 1998 at USDA Agricultural Research Service, 950 College Station Rd, Athens GA 30605 or PO Bx 5677, Athens, GA 30604. Point of contact for this acquisition is Elaine Wood, Contract Specialist 706/546-3534, fax 706/546-3444. (0076)

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