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72 -- CLOCKS SOL 53SBNB960047 DUE 031799 POC Pauline E. Mallgrave, Tel (301) 975-6330; Anne McFarlane, Contract Specialist, Tel (301) 975-4648, FAX (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS 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 WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. DESCRIPTION: SOLICITATION NUMBER 53SBNB960047 IS BEING ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS (RFQ) USING SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for FARADAY, INC. SECONDARY CLOCKS. This is a BRAND NAME REQUIREMENT. Specifications: Style CRC secondary clock, Model 2311BB-12 Surface Mount Clock with Male Plug, Color Dawn Mist, 58th Minute Movement. The type of contract to be awarded will be a Firm Fixed Price Requirements type, with a base year and four additional one year options. Delivery Orders will be placed as requirements arise, with a minimum of 100, and maximum of 1000 clocks per order. It is estimated that 5,000 clocks will be ordered over the entire contract. This is not a representation that this quantity will be required or ordered, or that conditions affecting requirements will be stable or normal, but is presented only as a realistic estimate. However, any requirement NIST has for these clocks will be filled under this contract. Delivery location is NIST, Building 301, Receiving Room, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. The FOB Point shall be Destination. Delivery is required within 30 Days after receipt of order. The factors to be used to evaluate offers are Past Performance and Price, with Past Performance of equal importance to price. All offerors shall submit the following: 1) Two copies of the quotation; 2) Evidence of past performance during the past three years for similar products; 3) Description of commercial warranty; and 4) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Also, the clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (6) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (7) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; (8) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; (9) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (10) 52.225-3, Buy American Act, North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program; and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Additionally, the clauses 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, 52.216-18, Ordering, 52.216-19, Order Limitations, and 52-216-21, Requirements, apply to this solicitation. Copies of the above referenced clauses are available at www.arnet.gov/far, or upon request to this office, either by telephone or fax. All offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Attn: Anne McFarlane, Building 301, Room B117,Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 17, 1999. Posted 03/05/99 (W-SN305452). (0064)

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