Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21207-0696

T -- ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL PRINT IMAGES AND DIGITAL COPY PANELS SOL SSA-RFQ-96-2801 DUE 092396 POC Christine Nagengast Tel: (410) 965-9520 T -- ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL PRINT IMAGES AND DIGITAL COPY PANELS SOL SSA-RFQ-96-2801 DUE 09/23/96. POC Christine Nagengast (410) 965-9520. INTRODUCTION: The Social Security Administration is interested in receiving quotes on digital print images and digital copy panels. This is a combined synopsis/request for quotation for commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This is the only announcement; quotations are being requested and a written request for quotation will not be issued. This is a simplified acquisition, 100% small business set aside, issued as a request for quotation (RFQ), number SSA-RFQ-96-2801. Quotes submitted from other than small businesses will be rejected. All responsible small business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 7384. The small business size standard is $5.0 million. This request for quotation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Acquisition Circular 90-41. Quotations in response to this RFQ shall be submitted by September 23, 1996, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, addressed to the Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, Attn: Christine Nagengast, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 21207, or faxed to (410) 966- 9310. REQUIREMENT: 1) 210 (two hundred and ten) 39 3/8'' x 22'' digital print images from a color photograph prepared on disk, sub-mounted on clear 15-17 mm Lexan with velcro strips added to the back of each panel around the entire perimeter for mounting; and 2) 210 (two hundred and ten) 39 3/8'' x 22'' digital copy panels with white type reversed into one color background submounted on clear 15-17 mm Lexan with velcro strips added to the back of each panel around the entire perimeter for mounting. Background color will be designated at time of award. A first article is required in accordance with FAR 52.209-4, First Article Approval--Government Testing. Full text available upon request. The Contractor shall deliver 1 unit of each item within 15 calendar days from the date of award to the Government at the address listed below. Within 5 calendar days after the Government receives the first article, the Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor, in writing, of the conditional approval, approval, or disapproval of the first article. If the first article is disapproved, the Contractor, upon Government request, shall submit an additional first article for testing within five (5) government workdays following receipt of notification by the Government that the first article sample is unacceptable. Upon acceptance of the first article, the Contractor shall deliver the balance of the items within 15 days. The first article and the remaining quantities will be delivered to the Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland 21235. The following provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors--Commercial Items, (tailored) apply to this acquisition: (b)(1) - (b)(9), (b)(11), (c), and (g). There are no addendums to these provisions. The provisions at FAR Part 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. The government will award a contract resulting from this request for quotation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the quotation will be most advantageous to the Government price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government's requirement as described above and price. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provisions FAR Part 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with their offer. The provisions at FAR Part 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. There are no addendums to these provision. The following provisions at FAR Part 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (tailored) apply to this acquisition: (a)(1), (a)(2), and (b)(6) through (b)(11). (0250)

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