66 -- STEAM STERILIZER W/LIQUID CYCLE AT TYNDALL AFB, FL

Notice Date

May 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training = Command, Tyndall AFB Contracting Squadron, 501 Illinois Ave, Ste 5, = Tyndall AFB, FL, 32403-5526

ZIP Code

32403-5526

Solicitation Number

F08637-01-T-0049

Response Due

May 29, 2001

Point of Contact

Darryl Barnes, Contract Specialist, Phone 850 283-8666, Fax = 850 283-8491, Email darryl.barnes@tyndall.af.mil -- John Dingeman, = Contracting Specialist, Phone 8502832593, Fax 8502838491, Email = john.dingeman@tyndall.af.mil

Description

The 325th Contracting Squadron at Tyndall AFB FL intends to award = a purchase order under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) for the = purchase of a Purchase Request for An AMSCO CENTURY Gravity Steam = Sterilizer with Programmable Gravity, Steam Generator, and Liquid Cycle = (or equal). This is a combined synopsis/ solicitation for commercial = items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subparts 12.6 and = 13.5, 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. The Purchase Request number is F1ESCD111301 and is issued as a = Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document, incorporated = provisions, and clauses are those in effect through the Federal = Acquisition Circular 97-2 and Defense AcquisitionCircular91-13. This solicitation is UNRESTRICTED in accordance with FAR Part 19. The = North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 339113 , = size standard 500 Personnel. The contractor shall provide the = following: All Transportation, Labor, Tools, Connectors, and other = associated equipment needed to purchase and Install Qty: (1) 16 X 16 X = 26? Amsco Century Gravity Sterilizer (or equal) with Rack and 2 = shelves, Gravity, Steam Generator and Liquid Cycle. Sterilizer is a = Steam-Jacketed featuring enhanced control system with a touch-sensitive = screen and ink-on-paper printer. Large easy-to-read touch screen = display including screens for cycle programming, system setup and alarm = condition troubleshooting. Power vertical sliding door activated by = foot pedal for easy loading/unloading. Steam-activated door seal, = requiring no lubrication and warranted for 2 years. Pressure vessel = warranty needed. Stainless Steel Panels. All associated manuals, = Deinstallation of competitor Sterilizer is required. Please acknowledge = all requirements on quotations. This notice of intent is a request for = competitive proposals. A determination by the government not to = compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is = solely within the discretion of the government. Offeror must provide = brochures/literature of the items being offered along with their quote. = The technical literature submitted needs to clearly communicate the = offer?s understanding and compliance with the minimum requirements as = set forth in the specifications or any alternative proposal submitted = in response to this RFQ. Discussions may or may not be held with = offeror?s; therefore, each offeror?s initial proposal should be = complete and accurate. FOB destination is required by the Government. = FOB point is Tyndall AFB, Florida. The required delivery date is 15 = July 2001. Contractor shall provide all materials, labor, and = transportation necessary to complete this service. Offerors must = provide warranty information specific to all equipment. The following = provisions and clauses can be viewed through Internet access at the Air = Force FAR Site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil. In Accordance with FAR = 52.252-1 (FEB 1998) and FAR 52.252-2 (FEB 1998), the following = provisions and clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, = Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items (AUG 1998), with the = following: technical description of the items being offered in = sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements of the = solicitation (i.e. product literature), the terms of any expressed = warranty, price and any discounts, and delivery times; FAR 52.212-2, = Evaluation, Commercial Items (MAR 1998). Award will be made to the = offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. The = following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: best value to the = government. Alternative proposals are encouraged. However, alternative = proposals demonstrating technically expertise and superior performance = will be considered. Offerors must provide along with their quote, = information regarding past performance. Offerors must submit company = names, addresses, telephone numbers, and names of contacts, contract = numbers, and any other pertinent information to document past = performance. This information must include at minimum three contracts = placed over the past three years. Past performance will be used to = evaluate the contractor?s ability to perform. Past performance = information should be submitted by 24 May 2001; OFFERORS MUST INCLUDE = WITH THEIR PROPOSAL A COMPLETED COPY OF THE PROVISION AT 52.212-3, = OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1997) = AND DFARS 252.212-7000 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATION, = COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 1995) WITH THEIR QUOTE. Contract Terms and = Conditions -- Commercial Items. It is tailored as follows: = subparagraph c is changed to read: ?Changes. Changes in the terms and = conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of = the parties with the exception of administrative changes such as = changes in paying office, appropriations data, etc. which may be = changed unilaterally by the Government.? FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms = and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? = Commercial Items (Jun 1998); FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on = Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Alt 1) (Oct 1995); FAR = 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Deviation) (Apr 1984); FAR 52.222-35, = Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam = Era (Apr 1998); FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with = Disabilities (Jun 1998); FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled = Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (Apr 1988); FAR 52.225-18, = European Sanction for End Products (Jan 1996); FAR 52.232-33, Mandatory = Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment is required; = 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination (Nov 1991). In accordance with DFARS = 252.204-7004, REQUIRED CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (MAR 1998), = prior to receiving any contract award, contractors must be registered = in the Central Contract Registration (CCR). If not already registered, = you should immediately register with CCR by calling 1-888-227-2423 or = via the Internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. On-line registration with = the CCR is also available at the Small Business Administration Internet = address (www.sbaonline.sba.gov). Confirmation of CCR registration must = be obtained before award can be made. DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American = Act and Balance of Payment Program (Mar 1998); DFARS 252.225-7007, Buy = American Act ? Trade Agreements ? Balance of Payment Program (Mar = 1998); DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities = (Sep 1997); DFARS 252.225-7036, Buy American Act -- North American = Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ? Balance of Payment Program = (Mar 1998); DFARS 252.227-7015, Technical Data -- Commercial Items (Nov = 1995); DFARS 252.227-7037, Validation of Restrictive Markings in = Technical Data (Nov 1995); DFARS 252.232-7009, Payment by Electronic = Fund Transfer (Jun 1998); DFARS 252.243-7002, Certification of = Requests for Equitable Adjustment (Jul 1997). Quotes should reference = RFQ No. F08637-01-T-0049. Offers must be sent in writing/fax before = 2:30pm on 29 May 2001, to Contract Specialist Darryl Barnes @ Fax: = (850) 283-8491 Voice: (850) 283-8666. You may also email me at = darryl.barnes@tyndall.af.mil.

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