General Services Administration, FSS bid room, c-39, 1941 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202

72 -- HOUSEHOLD & COMMERCIAL FURNISHING CARPET, RUGS, CAREPT TILES, CARPET CUSHIONS, RESILIENT FLOORING, VINYL, RUBBER TILE & ROLL GOODS SOL 3FNH97F301N DUE 012897 POC Sherrill Marlow (703)3056214 or Donald Neidig (703)3056745 The GSA's National Furniture Center (3FNHF-CO) intends to issue an open Season solicitation for Mas 72, part I, section a for Carpet and vinyl flooring on or about December 19, 1996. Contractors will have 30 days after issuance in which to submit an offer. The schedule solicitaion will be changed to incorporated portions of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA)dealing with specific changes to the truth in negotiations act (tina), and revised statutory authorities for the acquisition of commercial items. SCHEDULE72 I B, resilient flooring, vinyl, rubber tile & roll goods will be added to this schedule. Preaward testing must be submitted with the offer. Test resultsmust be dated no earlier than 60 calendar days before the solicitation closing date for new offers, and 180 days for current schedule contractors. Test results will be reviewed to determine if they are complete, accurate, and show passing results for all required tests. Offers will be notified of the results of this review, and will be given 30 calendar days to make any necessary correctins. Failure to submit complete, accurate, passing test results within the time given will result in rejection of the offer for the applicable item)S). the contract period is October 1, 1997, or date of award, whichever is later through September 30, 2002. Special item numbers (SIN) 31-2A, 31-2B, 31-2C and 31-3 are set-aside for small businesses. Copies of the solicitation can be obtained from the GSA bid room address listed above or by calling (703)305-6211. do not contact the POC listed above for copies of the solicitation. Questions may be directed to Sherrill Marlow on (703)305-6214 or Donald Neidig on 703)305-6745. (0337)

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