Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Office of Procurement, 14th & C. Streets, S.W., Washington, DC, 20228

39 -- PRINTING PRESS ROLLER AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM SOL Reference-Number-56-DM DUE 121799 POC David Mork, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 874-9177, Fax (202) 874-2200, Email david.mork@bep.treas.gov -- Sharon Phillips, Supervisor, Equipment and Services Contracts Division, Phone (202) 874-3255, Fax (202) 874-2200, Email sharon.phillips@bep.treas.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&;ProjID=Reference-Num ber-56-DM&LocID=142. E-MAIL: David Mork, david.mork@bep.treas.gov. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is seeking offerors capable of providing a printing press roller and retrieval system. The printing press roller storage and retrieval system shall be capable of storing a minimum of 25 elastomer coated rollers. The system shall be capable of performing the following functions without manual lifting of more than 40 pounds of weight. The system shall lift a printing press roller from a BEP provided transportation cart and store it in a selected position. The system shall also retrieve a printing press roller from a selected position and place it on a BEP provided transportation cart. The printing press roller dimensions are as follows: Overall length: 33.5_ to 48.3_, Maximum diameter of elastomer coated roller: 11_, Weight of roller: 400 lbs, Distance between two supporting surfaces: 29 12 _ to 35 12_. The space available for the installation of the system and for the storage, retrieval and transportation of the rollers is 20 ft. long X 8 ft. wide X10 ft. high.The 20 ft. wall length consists of 6 12 ft., 10 ft-7 in. and 2 ft.-11 in. sections for storing 10 inking rollers, 10 wiper rollers and 5 inking rollers respectively based upon storage capacity of one roller per carrier. The SIC code is 3499. Interested parties should submit their company_s information to determine their capability. In addition to seeking capable sources, BEP is conducting a market research through a commercial item questionnaire to determine the commercial availability of the printing press roller and retrieval system. Interested parties wishing to participate in the market research should request a questionnaire in writing, by fax or e-mail. Questions may be addressed to David Mork on or before December 17, 1999 at the address above or e-mailed david.mork@bep.treas.gov or faxed to (202) 874-2200. Telephone requests will not be honored.***** Posted 11/19/99 (D-SN402338). (0323)

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