SOURCES SOUGHT
60 -- Hot Melt Connectors
- Notice Date
- 9/4/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 238210
— Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Alaska, ATTN: CEPOA-CT, P. O. Box 6898, JBER, Alaska, 99506-6898, United States
- ZIP Code
- 99506-6898
- Solicitation Number
- W911KB-12-BAA002
- Archive Date
- 10/4/2012
- Point of Contact
- Donna West, Phone: 907-753-2761
- E-Mail Address
-
donna.l.west@usace.army.mil
(donna.l.west@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District is seeking manufacturers and/or distributors of hot melt adhesive type connector for fiber optic cable splicing to be utilized on various construction projects in Alaska. The connectors must meet the requirements of the Buy American Act and/or a Trade Agreements Act. The technical requirements for these connectors are described in Paragraph 2 below. To be compliant with the Buy American Act and/or a Trade Agreements Act, the connectors must meet the requirements of these Acts as defined in Paragraph 3 below. 2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS a. Connector shall be hot melt adhesive type with ST style on each end for fiber optic cables. Insertion loss shall not exceed 0.2dB for fusion splices. Single mode reflection should be less than 55dB when tested at 1310 and 1550nm b. Connectors shall meet the Buy American Act and/or a Trade Agreements Act or both. 3. BUY AMERICAN ACT/TRADE AGREEMENTS ACTS: The Buy American Act (BAA) provides a preference for domestic construction materials mined, produced or manufactured in the United States. For construction contracts exceeding $7,777,000, the Buy American Act restrictions are waived for designated country construction materials as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Clause, "Buy American Act - Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements" (52.225-11) 4. SOURCES SOUGHT INFORMATION: Manufacturers and/or suppliers responding to this announcement are requested to provide the following: a. Manufacturer's name, address, phone number and point of contact. b. Name of the country where the hot melt connectors are manufactured. c. Unit cost for the hot melt connectors. d. Catalog cut of the hot melt connectors demonstrating that they meet the technical requirements outlined in paragraph 2 above. e. Whether the connectors were available in 2011 and if not, when they became available. f. Manufacturers certification that the product is an end product, as defined by the Buy America Act, manufactured in the United States or a designated country under the Trade Agreements Act. 5. Electronic responses are preferred and should be e-mailed to Ms. Donna West at Donna.L.West@usace.army.mil. Hard copy responses may be sent by mail to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, ATTN: CEPOA-CT, Ms. Donna West, P.O. Box 6898, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK 99506-0898. 6. Responses must be received at the address above NLT September 19, 2012.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA85/W911KB-12-BAA002/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Various Locations, Alaska, United States
- Record
- SN02866756-W 20120906/120905000617-dbb25710e931fc8a6f59f10e9c2bac23 (fbodaily.com)
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