Wiesbaden Regional Contracting Center, Attn: AEUCC-C-A, CMR 410 Box 744, APO AE 09096

71 -- BEDS POC Ms.Rostock-Clements, Tel: 011-49-611-2215, Fax: 011-49-611-2198 E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, clementsr@rcc.wbn.usacce.army.mil. THIS OFFICE INTENDS TO COMPETITIVELY AWARD A FIRM FIXED PRICE TYPE CONTRACT FOR 2800 EACH SINGLE AND 3300 DOUBLE BEDS WITH WOODEN SLATS AND HEADBOARDS TO BE DELIVERED TO GIESSEN IN GERMANY. PARTIAL DELIVERY SHALL START APPROX. 8 WEEKS AFTER DATE OF ORDER AND THE TOTAL QUANTITY SHALL BE DELIVERED WITHIN 6 MONTHS. 1. DESCRIPTION OF SINGLE BED: LENGTH: 203/204 cm; WIDTH: 95 cm; HEIGHT: 40 cm. EXTERNAL FRAME: THE EXTERNAL FRAME SHALL BE FORMED BY A 50 mm X 30 mm METALIC TUBE, 1.2 mm THICK, CURVED AT THE CORNERS AND JOINED THROUGH ELECTRIC WELDING. BED FRAME: THE FRAME SHALL BE SUPPORTED AT CORNERS BY 4 SCREWED ON ROUND LEGS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. THE MATTRESS SPRING SHALL BE MADE UP OF A SYSTEM OF WOODEN SLATS AND ELASTIC RETAINING BELTS. METAL BANDS ARE TO BE WELDED AT THE CORNER OF THE FRAME FOR SUPPORT OF THE LEGS. THE MATRESS SUPPORT FRAME IS TO BE MADE UP OF 14 STRATIFIED-WOOD CURVED SLATS. WOODEN SLATES SHALL BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE EXTERNAL FRAME THROUGH OPENINGS ON THE PROFILE OF THE EXTERNALFRAME. THESE OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A DEPTH OF ABOUT 30 mm AND BE EQUIPPED WITH RUBBER CAPS FOR RETENTION OF THE SLATS AND REDUCTION OF NOISE. THE SLATS FOR THE SINGLE BEDSPRING SHALL BE 10 mm THICK, 68 mm WIDE AND 904 mm LONG. THE SLATS SHALL BE MADE OF SIX LAYERS OF CURVED LAMINATED WOOD STRIPS WITH THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE SLATS TO ENSURE HIGHER ELASTICITY. THE SLATS SHALL BE BEVELED, TRIMMED AND CUT TO SIZE. GLUES USED SHALL COMPLY WITH CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. ELASTIC RETAINING BELTS: THE SINGLE BEDSPRING SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH 4 RETAINING BELTS ATTACHED TO THE OPPOSITE END. FEET: 4 LEGS SHALL BE MADE OF ROUND METAL TUBING 50 mm IN DIAMETER, 35 mm LONG WITH A THREADED WASHER OF 10 mm INSIDE DIAMETER WELDED AT ONE END OF EACH LEG. THE LEGS SHALL BE BOLTED THROUGH HOLES AT EACH OF THE CORNERS OF THE FRAME AND SHALL BE REMOVEABLE FOR REPAIR OR TRANSPORTATION. DURING TRANSPORTATION OR STORAGE THE LEGS CAN ALSO BE FIXED ON TO THE BED FRAME WITH THE FASTENING BOLTS TO AVOID LOSS AND TO FACILITATE THE HANDLING OF THE FRAME. EACH LEG IS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH A PLASTIC END CAP. COATING OF METAL PARTS: METAL PARTS SHALL BE WASHED BY AN ENVIRONMENTALLY APPROVED CLEANING PROCESS AND THEN BE EVENLY COVERED WITH A DRY BLACK EPOXY POLYESTER RESIN AT A THICKNESS OF 50 MICONS AND SHALL BE HEATED IN AN OVEN AT ABOUT 200 DEGREE C FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. HEADBOARD: WIDTH: 95 cm, HEIGHT: 70 cm; EXTERNAL FRAME SHALL BE OAK WOOD, VERTICAL PART OF FRAME 70 mm X 33 mm; HORIZONTAL UPPER RAIL 60 mm X 27 mm. CENTRAL PANEL 18 mm PLYWOOD, OAK VANEER ON BOTH SIDES. EQUIPPED WITH 2 RAPID CONNECTORS AND KNOBS FOR FASTENING TO THE CENTRAL PANEL RAPID CONNECTROS: FUNCTION IS TO FASTEN THE WOODEN HEADBOARD TO THE BED FRAME. CONNECTORS SHALL BE MADE OF 3 mm THICK CURVED STAMPED STEEL PLATES WELDED ON A 5 mm THICK PLATE WHICH IS TO BE FIXED TO THE WOODEN HEADBOARD BY SCREWS THROUGH 4 HOLES DRILLED IN EACH OF THE CONNECTORS. CONNECTORS SHALL ALSO HAVE A THREADED HOLE FOR THE SCREWS OF THE LOCKING KNOB. ONCE THE CONNECTOR IS FIXED TO THE HEADBOARD, THE FRAME CAN BE FASTENED TO THE HEADBOARD WITH 2 THREADED SCREWS WITH LOCKING KNOBS. CONNECTORS: DIAMETER 8 mm AND THREAD 1.25 mm. 2. DESCRIPTION OF DOUBLE BED: SAME AS THE SINGLE BED EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING: WIDTH: 135 cm; THE CENTER SHALL HAVE A CENTRAL SUPPORTING BAR WHICH SHALL BE FORMED BY TWO 30 X 33 mm PROFILES WELDED AND COVERED WITH SILENCING MATERIAL IN THE SUPPORT PART WITH THE SLATS, AND A CENTER SUPPORTING LEG OF 34 cm HEIGHT; THE SLATS FOR THE SINGLE BEDSPRING SHALL BE "12 mm THICK", 68 mm WIDE AND "1340 mm LONG". THE SLATS SHALL BE MADE OF "SEVEN" LAYERS OF CURVED LAMINATED WOOD STRIPS WITH THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE SLATS TO ENSURE HIGHER ELASTICITY; HEADBOARD: WIDTH: 135 cm. 3. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: THE SINGLE ITEMS MAKING UP THE BEDS SHALL BE ABLE TO BE USED AS REPAIR/EXCHANGE PARTS FOR EXISTING INVENTORY OF BEDS AND SHALL MATCH EXISTING INVENTORY. Numbered Note 12. Posted 08/03/99 (W-SN362203). (0215)

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