SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- PARAFFIN TISSUE PROCESSOR
- Notice Date
- 8/2/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-02-00407
- Response Due
- 8/12/2002
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Pamela Smith, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-0635
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(smith.pamela@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 334516 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. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is RFQ-RT-02-00407 and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-07. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates that a purchase order will be awarded as a, firm-fixed price purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The associated North Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 334516 and the size Standard is 500 employees. The contractor shall provided a Paraffin Tissue Processor with the following specifications: (1) Maintenance Free Rotary Valve. (2) Automated processing with flexible programming to serve multiple users. Selectable parameters to include, heat, vacuum, pressure, immersion time and agitation. (4) Magnetic stirrer for reagent agitation and optimal infiltration. (5) Large volume capacity for increased efficiency. (6) Paraffin cleaning cycle. (7) Totally enclosed system for maximum fume control for safety of lab personnel.(8) Ability to print out a record of programs and processing routines. (9) Maintenance Contract. (10) Quotes must include sufficient material (such as narrative technical specifications, drawing, photos, brochures, demo disk, videos, etc.) to permit the Government to determine that the proposed system will meet all specifications. The following FAR provisions shall apply to this solicitation: 52-212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items. All offerors are to include with their offer a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items. The following FAR clause applies to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses which are cited in Clause 52.212-5 are applicable to the acquisition: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.2225-1, Buy American Act--Balance of Payments Program-Supplies; 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer. It is requested that the completed Representations and Certifications be included with the price quote. Award will be made to the responsible offer whose quote represents the best over all value to the Government All technical questions are to be forwarded via e-mail to the Purchasing Agent at the following email address: smith.pamela@epa.gov . COMMERCIAL BUY CLAUSES AND FORMS are provided for your convenience at the following website, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd . Please submit two copies of the quotation to Pamela E. Smith, Purchasing Agent, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MC-105E-02, Research Triangle Park, NC. 27711. All offers are due by August 12, 2002, 4:30 p.m., EDT. No telephonic or faxed requests will be honored.
- Record
- SN00131713-W 20020804/020802213733 (fbodaily.com)
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