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J -- MAINTENANCE AND LEASE OF WASHERS AND DRYERS (COMMERCIAL ITEMS) SOL N00600-96-R-2617 DUE 071696 POC For a copy of the solicitation, fax request to (202) 433-9569. For additional information, contact Joe Ferraro, Contract Specialist, (202) 433-5818. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Jacksonville, FL has a requirement for the installation, lease, maintenance, and removal of 388 washers and 392 dryers for a base year and two one-year options. (i) This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format of FAR Subpart 12.6, 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. (ii) This SOLICITATION NUMBER N00600-96-R-2617 is issued as a request for proposal (RFP). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR #33. (iv) This solicitation is unrestricted. SIC is 3582. (v) A list of CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBERS and items are as follows: CLIN 0001 Installation, Rental, Maintenance, and Removal of 388 Washers for the period 01 OCT 1996 through 30 SEP 1997 in accordance with section C - Description of Services. CLIN 0002 Installation, Rental, Maintenance, and Removal of 392 Dryers for the period 01 OCT 1996 through 30 SEP 1997 in accordance with section C - Description of Services. CLIN 0003 Option for the period 01 OCT 1997 through 30 SEP 1998 for 388 washers. CLIN 0004 Option for the period 01 OCT 1997 through 30 SEP 1998 for 392 dryers. CLIN 0005 Option for the period 01 OCT 1998 through 30 SEP 1999 for 388 washers. CLIN 0006 Option for the period 01 OCT 1998 through 30 SEP 1999 for 392 dryers. (vi) DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Detachment Washington intends to procure rental and maintenance of Type I, Class 4, 16 to 18 pound capacity (dry weight), top loading, heavy and continuous duty, commercial grade, automatic self-service laundry type clothes washers. Each washer shall be equipped with connections for a hot and cold water supply. Each washer shall be equipped with a push to start mechanism or blank slide box for automatic operation. If washers are equipped with automatic slide boxes or similar devices for coins, the coin slots shall be plugged before machine installation. All control knobs shall be secured so that special tools are required for removal. Each washer shall be equipped with a safety interlocking device which will shut the machine off when the door is open during the spin cycle. Washers shall operate on nominal 120 volt, 60 hertz single phase power supply. Each machine must be capable of full cycle operations without movement of the washer's feet. All wiring, cords, plugs, and grounding shall be in accordance with UL-560 or UL-1206 or ANSI Z21.5.1. Cords shall have an attachment plug and minimum free length of 5 feet measured from the point of entry into the cabinet. Dryers shall be Type I, Class 4, 16 to 18 pound capacity (dry weight), front loading, heavy duty, commercial grade clothes dryers. Each dryer shall be equipped with a push to start mechanism or blank slide box for automatic operation. If dryers are equipped with blank slide boxes or similar devices for coins, the coin slots shall be plugged before machine installation. All control knobs shall be secured so that special tools are required for removal. Each dryer shall be equipped with a lint trap located in the front of the machine. Each dryer shall be equipped with at least 2 temperature settings: one for regular fabrics, one for permanent press fabrics. Dryers shall have cross vane tumbler action and a 220 volt, 5000 to 6000 watt heating element, and a 110 volt fan. Bolting to the floor is not necessary, but machines must be capable of completing a full cycle operation without moving on the floor. Once a year, at a minimum, the contractor shall remove the front of each dryer and clean the inside around the drum to remove accumulated lint and ensure safe operation. All washers and dryers shall be in new condition (not refurbished) and shall be the same color. The contractor shall provide pigtail, flexible hot air hoses (fire retardant), flexible water input and disposal hoses and connectors, and any electrical supplies and equipment required for proper connection of the machines and all machine parts required to restore machines to proper working order. The contractor shall provide at each machine the necessary signs or decals to provide the operator with the proper operating instructions. (vii) DELIVERY of washers and dryers are to be made to the Supply Department, Bldg. 624/781, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL 32508-5000. (viii) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial, and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition. (ix) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. (x) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items, is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. The resulting contract will be firm fixed price. (xi) FAR 52.232-18 Electronic Funds Transfer Payment (Apr 1984) also applies. (xii) ADDITIONAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS: STANDARD COMMERCIAL WARRANTY, SUP 5252.246-9401 (JAN 1992). The following clauses are incorporated by reference: Option to Extend Services, FAR 52.217-8 (AUG 1989), Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, FAR 52.217-9 (MAR 1989), Installment Payments for Commercial Items, FAR 52.232-30 (OCT 1995), Contract Award/Evaluation (Technically Acceptable)-Commercial Items (NAVSUP MODIFIED) (FEB 1996). (xiii) Three technical and two cost proposals are due by 16 July 1996 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time at the FISC Norfolk, Detachment Washington Customer Service Center, 901 M St., SE, Washington Navy Yard, Bldg. 200, 4th Floor, Washington DC 20374-5014. (xiv) Offerors must acquaint themselves with the new regulations concerning Commercial Items acquisitions contained in FAR subpart 12 and must ensure that all Representations and Certifications are executed and returned as called for in this synopsis/solicitation. (0152)

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