FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, 700 Robbins Ave., Bldg. 2B., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5084

W -- LEASE OF DIGITAL NUMERIC PAGERS W/AIRTIME SOL N00140-96-R-2567 DUE 082396 POC Bill Woodring, Contract Negotiator, (215)697-9643. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement and only this announcement constitutes the solicitation for the required items. Proposals are hereby requested under Request for Proposals (RFP) N00140-96-R-2567, a subsequent solicitation document will not be issued. Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Detachment Philadelphia intends to lease, on a full and open competitive basis, 1,175 digital numeric pagers, including airtime and maintenance, with the following minimum salient characteristics: operation with 1 AA battery, 16 message slots, backlit display, message timestamping, audible tone and silent vibration features, time of day display, message lock, memory retention (When the pager is turned-off, all messages and the time of day remain in memory.), memory full display (When 16 messages or 160 characters are stored in memory, a memory full notice is displayed. A new message causes the oldest (first) read message to be overwritten. When read messages are erased, the display returns to the standby screen), duplicate message display, tone only display (When a message is read that does not contain numeric data, a display appears acknowledging such), and low battery alert (audible and displayed). A minimum of 25 spare digital numeric pagers, 25 replacement belt clips, and 25 replacement battery covers shall be provided by the contractor at no additional cost to the Government and replenished on a weekly basis, if necessary, at no additional cost to the Government. All pagers provided shall be new or in as-new operating condition, meeting or exceeding the minimum salient characteristics specified above. The contract coverage area of the required paging services will include the Norfolk/Peninsula and Richmond areas of Virginia. The award of a firm fixed price-type contract is contemplated with a base period of performance of 1 October 1996 through 30 September 1997 and four 1-year options. Under the resultant contract, the contractor shall allow an unlimited number of pager tradeouts at no additional cost to the Government. To accomplish tradeouts, the contractor shall provide the following at no additional cost to the Government: (1) Access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to a local or toll free telephone number for contractor generated tradeouts and service calls (contractor generated tradeouts shall be accomplished in no more than 30 minutes from the receipt of a tradeout request by the Government). (2) Access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the contractor's computer via a local or toll free telephone number for Government generated tradeouts (pager tradeouts may be done by either the Government or the contractor at the Government's discretion). The contractor shall notify the Government at least 5 business days in advance of any scheduled system downtime. The contractor shall notify the Government no later than 2 hours after the onset of unscheduled downtime or outages. The contractor shall submit a monthly pager usage report no later than the tenth calendar day of the following month. The report shall list, in numerical order, all pagers in use under the contract and provide the number of calls made to each individual pager for that month. Item number 0001 is for the Base Period of Performance of 12 months of the above described leasing of 1,175 digital numeric pagers, including airtime and maintenance, commencing 1 October 1996 or date of award, whichever is later. Item number 0002, Option I, is for 12 additional months of the above paging services, commencing on the date following the expiration date of the Base Period of Performance. Item number 0003, Option II, is for 12 additional months of the above paging services, commencing on the date following the expiration date of Option I. Item number 0004, Option III, is for 12 additional months of the above paging services, commencing on the date following the expiration date of Option II. Item number 0005, Option IV, is for 12 additional months of the above paging services, commencing on the date following the expiration date of Option III. Delivery of the required 1,175 digital numeric pagers with a minimum of 25 spare digital numeric pagers, 25 replacement belt clips, and 25 replacement battery covers shall be made no later than 15 calendar days after contract award to Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Building 215, Room 1-258, Attn: Telecommunications Manager, Portsmouth, VA 23708-2197. All proposals received shall specify FOB Destination, offers other than FOB Destination shall be ineligible for award. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items: The Government intends to make an award to the eligible, responsible offeror whose total offer on all items is the lowest priced and conforms to the solicitation, FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items: The following numbered subparagraphs under paragraph (b) of this clause apply: (1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), (9), (16), and (17) ''regulatory.'' The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-37. The following Defense FAR Supplement (DFAR) provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: DFAR 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, and DFAR 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items: The following clauses referenced under paragraph (b) of this clause apply: 252.219-7006, 252.225-7001, and 252.233-7000. Vendors wishing to respond to this solicitation should provide this office with the following as a minimum: a price proposal on company letterhead or a Standard Form (SF) 1449 for the requested items showing unit price, extended price, past performance information, prompt payment terms, remittance address, and copies of FAR 52.212-3 and DFAR 252.212-7000, to be provided to an offeror upon request. For purposes of this solicitation, the unit price for each item number will represent the total price to lease 1 digital numeric pager, including airtime and maintenance, for 1 month, the offered pricing will then be extended to represent the lease of 1,175 pagers for 1 month and finally the lease of 1,175 pagers for 12 months. Responses to this solicitation are due by close of business (COB), 23 August 1996. All offers shall be sent to FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, to the attention of W. A. Woodring, Code 0221C, and should reference RFP N00140-96-R-2567. SYN 384. (0219)

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