Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional Office, 400 Railroad Ave, Boulder City, NV 89005-2422

35 -- PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMPS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES SOL 99SQ308830 DUE 091699 POC Paula Cerda, (702) 293-8643, Contract Specialist E-MAIL: pcerda@lc.usbr.gov, pcerda@lc.usbr.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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Small Business Set-Aside. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3561, and small business size standard is 500 employees. Delivery to be approximately 6 weeks. Delivery is FOB Destination to Hoover Dam warehouse, Boulder City, Nevada. Instructions to Offerors: This is a Commercial Item Acquisition. Evaluation -- The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, and lowest price received. Offers may be submitted on the SF-1449 or letterhead stationery. As a minimum, offers must show the following: (1) the solicitation number; (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (3) a description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in this solicitation; (4) price and discount terms; (5) remit to address, if different than mailing address; (6) a completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3; (7) acknowledgement of solicitation amendments; Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. Incorporated Commercial Item Clauses: 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications; 52.212-5, contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. Following are additional clauses and provisions that apply to this acquisition: Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for HandicappedWorkers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans; 52.232-25, Prompt Payment; 52.232-33, Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer ; 52.232-34, FOB Destination. Facsimile offers are acceptable in accordance with FAR 52.215-18 to fax number (702) 293-8050. A hard copy of the proposal shall be mailed to the Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470, LC-3132, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470. The Government will not be responsible for any failure attributed to the transmission of receipt of their proposal. A written notice of award or successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the proposal shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Please provide with your quote information required in clause 52.212-3. The Contractor shall extend to the Government the full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale, provided such warranty is available at no additional cost to the government. The resulting purchase order will be a firm fixed-price purchase order. All quotations must be accompanied with descriptive literature on the offered products so the government can evaluate the technical capabilities of the products. All responsible offerors shall submit quotes by fax to (702) 293-8050 or by mail to the Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470, Attn: LC-3132, Boulder City, NV 89005 (Federal Express, etc.). Oral Offers will not be accepted. Quotations are due by COB September 16, 1999. Upon request, this office will provide the dull text of the FAR and Reclamation provisions and clauses listed herein. The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at this address: hhtp://www.arnet.gov/far/ to obtain the current information available such as amendments to this synopsis/solicitation. SCOPE OF WORK The work to be preformed under this purchase order consists of supplying and delivering five complete pump packages to Hoover Dam warehouse located on Highway 93 eight miles northeast of Boulder, City Nevada, and 32 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada. Each pump package shall include a Robbins & Myers #1E036G1-RO or equal, progressive cavity pump with mechanical seal consisting of carbon vs. Silicon carbide seal faces. Pump shall be fitted with a RM145 elastomer or equal, chromed over tool steel rotor, grease lube gear joint connections with crowned type gear and totally enclosed, protected by a wire reinforced elastomeric seal. The drive shaft shall have heavy duty tapered roller bearing that are factory lubricated for maintenance free operation that will give a B-10 bearing life of 30,000 hours under maximum operating conditions. The pump shall run speeds between 180 RPM and 30 RPM to meet the conditions of 60 GPM @ 30 PSI Maximum, down to 15 GPM @ 30 PSI minimum flow. The pump will be driven by a VFD controller to be provided by the Government and wired to the inverter duty 5 HP electric motor #ID5NM-3767T or equal, three phase 230/460 Volt driver. The dive shall be connected to a USEM-CBN2302SB1809NM/9-1 gear reduction unit or equal that is oil lubricated. The driver will be coupled by a TB Woods #8 flexible coupler or equal, to the pump. All components shall be mounted on a PPM #C12-25 fabricated steel base or equal, with an OSHA coupler Guard #PPM-16GACG or equal. Fabricated pump base shall include milled pads and risers. The pump base shall be primed and painted with #290 Industrial paint. The successful bidder shall provide one pump technician for start up of up to eight hours, be able to provide 24 hour emergency call out field service vehicles to respond on site within 4 hours after a call out and provide the Government with three complete sets of operation and maintenance manuals to be delivered prior to pump packages. Spare parts must be available within one week after ordering. Posted 09/07/99 (W-SN376962). (0250)

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