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68 -- DOUBLY-LABELED WATER SOL RFQ-NCI-80194-NV DUE 083198 POC Debbie Moore, Purchasing Agent 301-402-4509, Todd Cole, Contracting Officer 301-402-4509 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, No. RFQ-NCI-80194-NV will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 97-06. The acquisition is being made in accordance with the test program for using simplified procedures for certain commercial items authorized in FAR 13.6. The solicitation is not set-aside for small businesses. However the Standard Industrial Classification Code is 2899 and the business size standard is 500 employees. Background: The Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences is conducting a study to assess and quantify measurement error in self-reported dietary assessment methods. Doubly- labeled water will be used as a biomarker to quantify energy expenditure in a sample of free-living adults. Requirement: The Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences is soliciting quotations from qualified companies to provide the following stable isotope products: 42,500 g. of water oxygen-18 (10 atom % oxygen-18 enriched, normalized with respect to hydrogen), and 4,250 g of deuterium oxide with a minimum 99.8 atom % deuterium enrichment. Lot-specific analytical data shall be provided by the vendor. Products shall be delivered FOB destination or FOB Origin with transportation insurance provided by the vendor, and inside delivery shall be provided to a location in the continental United States (the location is dependent upon the contract award for the study) within 60 days or as soon as practicable after issuance of the purchase order. The Government shall reimburse those vendors with standard commercial terms of FOB Origin for all transportation insurance. Offerors must provide descriptive literature, warranties, and/or other materials that demonstrate that their offer meets the foregoing requirements. The purchase order will be issued to a responsible offeror that fully meets the requirements of the solicitation. In conjunction with fully meeting the requirements, the Government intends to award a purchase order to the vendor whose offer also provides the greatest overall value to the Government based on price and delivery time. This solicitation incorporates the provisions at FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS, and at FAR 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS. The latter provision includes the DUNS Number Addendum. The resulting contract will incorporate the requirements of the clause at FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, and the requirements contained in paragraphs (a) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS -- DEVIATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS. The contract will also incorporate the following FAR clauses cited in paragraphs (b) and (c) of the latter clause: 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 WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES; FAR 52.222.37, EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF VIETNAM ERA; and FAR 52.225-3, BUY AMERICAN ACT -- SUPPLIES. Offers are due on or before 3:00 p.m. EST on August 31, 1998. Facsimile submissions are permissible with follow-up of an original copy. Offers must be in writing and should be submitted as follows: (1) one original and two copies of a completed SF 18or SF 1449, signed by an individual authorized to bind the organization; (2) a Schedule of Offered Supplies/Services containing pricing and a delivery schedule; (3) completed Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with DUNS Number addendum (FAR Clause 52.204-6); (4) descriptive literature indicating that the offer meets the stated requirements; (5) acknowledgment of amendments, if any. The Representations and Certifications must be signed by an authorized representative of the offeror. Full text copies of the Representations and Certifications or other cited provisions and clauses may be obtained from Debbie Moore, Purchasing Agent, on (301) 402-4509 or by fax on (301) 402-4513. Offers and related materials must be submitted to Debbie Moore at the listed address. Offers that fail to furnish the required information or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. Please cite the solicitation number on your offer. Posted 08/11/98 (W-SN235677). (0223)

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