Defense Information Systems Agency, DITCO-NCR, 701 South Court House Road, Arlington, VA 22204-2199

70 -- DIGITAL COLOR PRINTER SOL DCA100-99-R-4045 DUE 081699 POC Mr. Andrias Woody, Contracting Officer (703) 607-4606, Facsimile (703) 607-4611 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, PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Offers are to be forwarded to the following address by not later than 2:00 pm EST, 16 August 1999: HQS DISA, DITCO-NCR, Code DTN4, Attn: Mr. Andrias Woody, 701 South Court House Road, Arlington, VA 22204-2199. Overnight Mail Packages Must Have a Name and Phone Number on Outside of Package For Pickup (Mr. Woody, (703) 607-4606). Any questions on the above may be directed to Mr. Woody at (703) 607-4606. The solicitation number is request for proposal (RFP) DCA100-99-R-4045. THIS ACQUISITION IS SHORT-FUSED AND IS PLANNED FOR TRANSITION TO ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSAL BASED ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN AND IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WILL BE ANY RFP AMENDMENTS. PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED IN HARD COPY AND IN WRITING; FACSIMILE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL VOLUME OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION REQUIRED. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12. The Standard Industrial Classification is 3577 and the Size Standard is 1,000. The specific line item 0001 is required as follows: Line item 0001- Two (2) each; Digital Color Printers to be offered at a firm fixed price. The printers shall: (1) produce photographic quality color prints with a resolution of 500 dots per inch (dpi) over the full width of 12" paper; capable of printing at 250 dpi or 300 dpi; (2) be capable of printing, as one image, files up to 117 megabytes (MG), capable of printing image files of 4,000 pixels by 5,000 pixels as 8" by 10" print; (3) be capable of exposing 5", 8", 8.5", 11" and 12" wide RA-4 standard color negative paper, capable of accepting paper rolls with paper length up to 575 ft. and producing glossy and matte finish prints; (4) include status display(s) to inform the operator of the number of feet remaining on the unexposed paper roll, the exposed paper roll, and any fault in the paper transport path; (5) produce multiple prints from a single image without having to reload image data from the source; (6) produce 8" by 10" proof sheets which shall contain up to 38 complete photo quality color images at 500 dpi, equivalent to photographic "contact sheets" and individual image size shall be the approximately size of a 35mm film frame; (7) be capable of automatically printing text on the back of each printed picture, text shall be provided via a LAN connection and shall be capable of printing on the back of each picture within 2 lines of text, up to 128 alpha numeric characters; (8) expose, at least, 100 8" by 10" images per hour at 500 dpi, and exposing, at least, 600 8" by 10" images per hour at 250 or 300 dpi; (9) include all required hardware and software to maintain color control/calibration and generate a test image and calibrate the printer's exposure system; (10) include 3 paper magazines; (11) operate in a typical office environment in respect to noise, ventilation, lighting and temperature; (12) accept input files of the following formats: JPEG (JFIF, YUV 4:4:4, 4:2:2), TIFF (in RGB color space), and Kodak PhotoCD ImagePac (in Ycc color space); (13) provide interface to Ethernet 802.3 Local Area Network via 100BaseT connection; (14) accept as input, a control file and an image file for each print (or multiple prints from the same image). The control file shall be a user created ASCII text file which shall specify the size of the print, the size of the image, the placement of the image on the print, the number of copies and the back print text. The control file shall also contain any required printer commands and the vendor shall supply complete documentation for the command language used to create the control file; (15) monitor shared network directories as a means of input for control and image files; (16) support user specified sequencing for image file printing; (17) allow the user to specify whether the imaged file shall be returned to the network or deleted after printing; (18) include all Personal Computer (PC) hardware and software required to control the print device in accordance with these specifications. Each PC shall have a minimum processing speed of 500 MHz and minimum 256MG RAM. Each system shall be compatible with Windows NT 4.0 operating system; (19) provide automatic punch marking for automated roll paper cutters; (20) be capable of operating on either 120 or 220 VAC, 60Hz power; and (21) be Year 2000 Compliant. Year 2000 Compliant means information technology that accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations. Futhermore, Year 2000 Compliant information technology, when used incombination with other information technology, shall accurately process date/time data with it. Offerors shall present technical literature or other information to confirm that the above requirements are provided in the two printers. The offeror shall propose their standard commercial warranty for the printers and provide a copy of the warranty with the proposal. Attach a copy of your commercial price list, discount policy, and terms and conditions. The offeror's standard commercial warranty will apply and provide copy of warranty. Printers to be delivered FOB Destination, thirty (30) days after receipt of order. Delivery in Washington DC 20374; the exact address will be provided at contract award. Acceptance for CLIN 0001 will normally be on the same day as delivery, but will not exceed seven (7) days after receipt. Normally, the Government expects to see a discount which is at least equal to that provided by your standard commercial discount policy for that item. The offeror's standard commercial packing/packaging will be utilized to provide for damage- free shipment and receipt at destination. THE OFFERED PRICE WILL INCLUDE ALL FREIGHT CHARGES. Anticipated award date is no later than 31 August 1999. The Government intends to award one (1) purchase order for the above requirement. The following FAR Part 12 clauses apply: (a) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors- Commercial (no other additional instructions other than as noted above); (b) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation- Commercial Items, Award will be to the lowest price responsible offeror who can provide the items required; (c ) A complete copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representatives and Certifications-Commercial Items, must be submitted with your offer; (d) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions applies; (e) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; (f) FAR 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards. Service contract act provisions not applicable due to use of commercial ADP maintenance services being exempted. Defense FAR Supplement Clause 252.212-7000 is applicable and the certification is to be provided. DFARs 252.212-7001 is applicable and only DFARs Clause 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program, applies. See Note 1. Posted 07/28/99 (W-SN360272). (0209)

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