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99 -- LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND ACCESSORIES SOL DTRS57-99-B-00021 DUE 051899 POC Point of Contact -- Teresa Lee-Fierstein, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3830 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, leefierste@volpe.dot.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; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is DTRS57-99-B-00021 and is issued as a Invitation for Bid (IFB). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. This is not a small business set-aside; the standard industrial classification code is 3575 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees. The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a requirement for assisting the Federal Highway Administration/OMC in the procurement of laptop computers for field use by U.S.-Mexican border inspectors. A list of contract line items number(s) and items quantities are: Item 0001: Panasonic CF-71, PII, 366 MHZ, 64 MB RAM, 10 GB HDD, Windows, 95 Part # CF-71GYAGBAM, Quantity 32 each; Item 0002: LS 120 Super Disk Drive, Part # CF-VFS711, Quantity 5 each; Item 0003: FDD Cables Part # CF-VCF351, Quantity 5 each; Item 0004: Xircom Realport Ethernet and Modem 56, Part # REM56G-10BT, Quantity 36 each. Delivery shall be FOB for Items 0001 through 0004 To: U.S. DOT/Volpe Center, 125 Munroe Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 Attn: William Gay, DTS-44 or Patricia Harrington, DTS-44. All items shall be delivered no later tha n May 21, 1999. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial, is incorporated by reference and applies this acquisition. Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items with its offer. FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items (MAR 1999), is hereby incorporated by reference. The following paragraphs apply to this solicitation and any resultant contract: 52.203-6 (ALT I); 52.219-4; 52.219-8; 52.219-23; 52.222-21; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36; and 52.222-37. An original and 2 copies of each offer must be delivered to the U.S. Departmen t of Transportation, Volpe National Systems Center, Attn: Ms. Teresa Lee-Fierstein, Contract Specialist, DTS-853, 55 Broadway, Building 4, Room 2102, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142 no later than 2PM local time on May 17, 1999. The package must be marked IFB: DTRS57-99-B-00021. FAX questions to Ms. Lee-Fierstein at 617-494-3024. The following notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short term working capitalassistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (S TLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. Posted 05/11/99 (D-SN329881). (0131)

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