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66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL FCGS-Y5-92-0032-2-N DUE 102496 POC Evangeline Turner (703) 305-6322 Tracy sentelle (703) 305-6777 Please NOTE: if you are a current contractor or your firm previously requested in writing a copy of the above solicitation in the past five months, there is no need to respond to this notice. The Scientific Equipment Division invites you to participate in the second open Season covering Federal supply schedule FSC group 66, part II, section J, instruments and laboratory equipment, for the period of June 1, 1997 (or date ofaward, whichever is later) through may 31, 2003 (see extension clause below). The solicitation will be issued on or about September 12, 1996 and the closing date will be on or about October 24, 1996, 3: 30 p.m. this will be an indefinitedelivery, indefinite quantity contract, f.o.b destination. Use of the schedule will be on a non-mandatory basis. Anyone considering submitting an offer is advised to review the entire solicitation and amendments to it thoroughly. Significant changes: (1) a new modifications provision which allows current contractors to offer new special item numbers (SINS) under a modification request at any time during the contract period. Therefore, current contractors are not required to submit an offer under this open Season. 2) a new warranty provision which allows for the incorporation of the CONTRACTOR'S standard commercial warranty. (3) the discount schedule and marketing data Sheets have been deleted and replaced with the commercial sales practice format. (4) all current contracts under this solicitation will be modified separately during the second open Season period to include an option toextend the term of the contract for an additional five years, clause I-FSS-164-DWILL apply. In the event the contractor does not wish to exercise the option toextend, they may submit a new proposal for a new contract during the next open Season, which will be issued on or about September 1997. (5) we will consider a submission for identical items (items currently covered by a group 66, part II, section J contract) when the initial offer is equal to or lower than the currentcontract price. When this occurs, the Contracting Officer shall conduct competitive negotiations with new offerors and current contractors who have the identical items on contract. The Contracting Officer will award one contract for each specific product through the competitive negotiation process on the basis of the best net price offered. Identical items will be considered during the open Season period only, with no exceptions. any offers for identical items received after the open Season period for submission of offers will be automatically rejected. (6) clause I-FSS-125, orders exceeding the maximum order Mo ''(August 1995) will apply. This clause provides instruction for placing orders over the maximum order as defined in the order limitation clause 52.216-19. to assist the customer agencies to determine when they should seek aprice decrease, a level called the maximum order will be established under each contract. (7) we will be adding five additional special item numbers (SINS) under this solicitation, the SINS are as follows; 627-34 - antenna pattern measurement systems and directly related accessories and options. Includes systems for determining radiation transmission patterns of antennas, 627-35 - relay and circuit breaker test sets and directly related accessories and options, 627-36 - aircraft navigation Signal analyzers and directly related accessories and options. Includes instruments and systems for analyzing aircraft guidance signals such as localizer, glide slope, marker beacon and vor signals, 627-37 - radar test sets and directly related accessories and options. It includes sets for analyzing and testing various radar types including beaconradar and transponders, 627-38 - global positioning system (GP) receiver test sets and directly related accessories and options. (8) the Scientific Equipment Division is pleased to announce for the first time it will be soliciting offers for product support options for government owned equipment/accessories covered by contract under this Federal supply schedule. The product support options will be covered by the following SINS; 627-2000 - equipment maintenance, 627-2001 - pre-purchase calibration, 627-2002 - post purchase calibration, 627-2003 - extended warranty, 627-2004 - service agreements, 627-2005 - technical training and 627-2006 - technical/application development support. Inorder to provide product support options, an offeror must be an original equipt manufacturer (OEM) or be (OEM) approved and certified. Offers will be accepted for product support options only; however, only one contract (with the lowest government price) will be awarded for any single model. An offer must comply with any regulatory requirements, guidelines, and/or standards which govern the particular EQUIPMENT/ACCESSORY/PART, and are of commercial practice. Also, the offers will be solicited on the basis that the offeror must, at a minimum, provide coverage to the 48 contiguous states and the district of Columbia. Offers will also be accepted additionally for coverage to AK, hi and PR. All additional terms and conditions for product support options will be contained inthe open Season amendment No. 4. As synopsized in the CBD notice dated 4/29/96, this office also invites you to offer products under the new Technologies SIN 627-1007, which has been added to this schedule. New Technologies is a new product made available to the commercial or government Market place. This will be an open-continuous (evergreen) SIN. All interested parties may submit an offer at any time. There is no implied guarantee that the products offered willbe recognized and accepted as new technology. New offerors or current contractors must submit a cover letter, applicable technical brochures and current pricelist(s). All material submitted will be reviewed for acceptance bythe GOVERNMENT'S technical experts. If the offered item(s) are found acceptableby the government,'' new offerors ''will be issued a copy of the schedule group 66, part II, section J solicitation along with all applicable amendments. All forms would then be submitted to the Contracting Officer to be evaluated for a contract. Contractors awarded a contract under this multiple award schedule will be required to place their pricelists on a menu DRIVEN-ON-LINE database system designed to provide customers w/access to products and services under GSA contracts. Contractos will be encouraged to transmit their file submissions electronically through the EDI government facnet system using a value added network (van). The necessary format and information will be provided on disdette to contractors who are not EDI capable. If you are interested in receiving a copy this proposal, submit your request to the address above.(0232)

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