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58 -- WIDEBAND RECORDER/REPRODUCER (DTR-8E) WITH RACKMOUNT KIT WITH SOL F30602-00-Q-0322 DUE 061500 POC Luis Antequera, Contract Specialist, Fax 315/330-2555, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=F30602-00-Q-0 322&LocID=1142. E-MAIL: Luis Antequera, Luis.Antequera@rl.af.mil. The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, Rome NY intends to negotiate a sole source purchase order with METRUM-DATATAPE. The purchase includes the following: Wideband recorder/reproducer model DTR-8E, part #6639000-0001 with rackmount kit with slides part #639096-0001 capable of recording/reproducing analog, FM, PAM, PCM, and NRZ data on commercial off-the-shelf SVHS tape cassettes. The systems must be capable for use with an input-to-output unity gain in the required test environments. Qty: 1 each. Delivery to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome NY is 30 days ARO. However, interested persons may identify to the contract specialist their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to contract specialist, Capt Luis H. Antequera at antequel@rl.af.mil or Fax 315/330-2555. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Deputy Chief, Contracting Division, at Vincent.Palmiero@rl.af.mil When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposal or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have not been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. This procurement shall be awarded under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). See numbered Note 22. Posted 06/01/00 (D-SN460480). (0153)

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