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68 -- WATER PURIFICATION CHEMICALS, WASTEWATER SOL TFTP-97-HS-6805B DUE 021597 POC Sharon Flannery 206/931-7898 Water purification chemicals, wastewater/sewage treatment chemicals, bio-remediation products and new technology involving water purification. Contracts will be negotiated for standard commercial chemicals under the multiple award schedule (Mas) program and will be entered into with more than one firm offering similar type items. The contracts awarded will be indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, fixed price with economic price adjustment, $100 guarantee minimum. Contract period is 5 years; 9/1/97 or dateof award, through 8/31/02 and the Sol. will include an option to extend term of contract for 5 years. The option will be evaluated at time of award and made part of all basic contracts awarded pursuant to the solicitation. Delivery is FOB destiniation zonal: zones 1-10 comprising the 48 contiguous states and the district of Columbia. The solicitation will include a new price reduction and amaximum order clause and be industrial funded. The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994 establishes the federal acquisition network (facnet). Facnet requires the government to evolve its acquisition process from one driven by paperwork into an expedited process basedelectronic commerce/electronic data interchange. To meet this requirement GSA is developing GSA advantage, a menu-driven on-line data base system designed to provide customers with electronic access to products and services under GSA contracts. This solicitation will contain new clauses required to obtain electronic contract data for GSA advantage. Competition will be full and open and all responsible sources may request a copyof the Sol. which will be issued on or about 01/01/97. Written requests preferred. NOTE code 12 applies.(0323)

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