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37 -- TOTAL MIXED RATION (TMR) MIXER SOL 43-3K47-96 DUE 091396 POC Janice Speth, Contract Specialist, 301-504-6071. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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. The solicitation number 43-3K47-96, is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP), and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-39. The standard industrial Classification (SIC) code is 3523, with a small business standard of 500 employees. This acquisition will be procured under a total small business set-aside. The small business must provide a product of a small manufacturer. The proposed contract will include one line item as follows: Total Mixed Ration (TMR) Mixer with the following minimum requirements: 1) MODEL TYPE: Towable trailer; 2) MIXING CHAMBER to be either reel-type or 4 auger design. Mixing chamber capacity to be a minimum of four hundred sixty (460) cubic feet, struck level to top of actual mixing chamber; 3) MATERIAL DISCHARGE: Conveying mechanism for feed discharge to be either auger or chain and slate. Conveying mechanism to be hydraulic driven. Discharge chute to include magnet. Discharge chute unloading height to be adjustable hydraulically; 4) RAW, DRY HAY CAPACITY: Mixer shall have ability to mix alfalfa or orchardgrass hay (small square bales) to a maximum of 20% of total ration weight; 5) DRIVES: All chains and sprockets shall be encased in weather-proof oil bath enclosures with external grease bank(s) to all bearings; 6) FLOTATION TYPE TIRES; 7) SCALE SYSTEM TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING FEATURES: a. Net/Gross mode; b. Tare feature; c. Remote Display port; d. Known tare weight entry via keyboard; e. Pre-set load and unload; f. Adjustable pre-alarm; g. Remote Alarm output; h. Unit to be equipped with external signal light and horn for remote alarm output; i. Scale head to have sealed membrane front panel; j. Unit to have non-volatile permanent memory; k. Scale head to be tractor cab mounted. 8) P.T.O.: 540 r.p.m.; 9) SERVICE LOCATION: Factory authorized dealer/service location to be within a one hundred (100) mile radius of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center; 10) EXPRESS WARRANTY: All parts and labor to be fully unconditionally guaranteed for one (1) year from the receipt date of equipment. Delivery is FOB Destination to USDA in Beltsville, MD within consignee's premises. Delivery is required on or about November 25, 1996, or within 60 calendar days after award. Any interest/qualified source who believes they can provide the required equipment must respond by 4:30 p.m. September 13, 1996. All such responses will be evaluated in order to determine the ability to meet the above stated capabilities. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors in FAR provision 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Item applies, and shall be used to evaluate offers: technical capability, price and past performance. Technical capability and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to price. Award shall be made to a technically acceptable offeror, at a fair and reasonable price. The offerors shall identify where the offered item meets or does not meet each of the Government functional and performance minimum specification listed herein. Responses shall include technical specifications, literature, and other such information corresponding to the required items which demonstrates the capabilities of the offeror's equipment. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items and 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (includes addendum - Express Warranty). The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items apply: 52.222-26, 52-222-35, 52-222-36, 52-222-37, 52-225-3 and 52-225-21. All offerors must include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 with their response. (0234)

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