Department of the Treasury (DY) Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20227

75 -- 75 -- ALPHA/NUMBERIC AND MICR RIBBONS SOL RFP-FMS-97-0003 POC Anthony Rowell, Contract Specialist, Room 456D. The Financial Management Service requires the supply of 89,415 Alpha/Numeric ribbons, black ink, 15" (38.1 cm) wide, multistrike, 92 Gauge Polyester and 41,100 MICR ribbons, black ink, 13-1/4" (33.655 cm) wide, 65 Gauge Polyethylene. The ribbons will be used on a Troy CF0480 Checkprinting system. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to the following locations throughout the US: Austin, TX, Birmingham, AL, Chicago, IL, Kansas City, KS, Philadelphia, PA, and San Fransisco, CA. Delivery shall begin in October 1997 and run through September 1998 with two option years. The apparent awardee must pass a testing requirement prior to receiving award of the contract. The FMS will be using the Internet EXCLUSIVELY (NO HARD-COPY SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS WILL BE ISSUED) to distribute ALL solicitation documents for this requirement. All solicitation documents distributed by the FMS may be obtained from the Internet at http://www.fms.treas.gov/procure.html or by fax. To receive a faxed copy of this solicitation, offerors must dial (202) 874-8616 using a touch tone phone and request document number 970003. To ensure timely receipt of any updates and/or amendments to the solicitation, the FMS recommends that vendors interested in this requirement consider the subscription service available on the FMS Procurement Opportunities home page. Vendors shall be responsible for obtaining all solicitatiaon documents from the Internet. THIS SOLICITATION IS NOW AVAILABLE BY INTERNET OR FAX ON CALL. All interested parties are encouraged to participate in this procurement. All changes/amendments to this solicitation will be updated regularly on FMS' Pocurement Opportunities home page on the Internet: On 05/02/97 at 12:00pm Solicitation Number RFP-FMS-97-0003 will be due at the address listed in block 9 of the SF 1449. Vendors shall fax questions to Anthony Rowell, Contract Specialist, at (202) 874-7275. This is an unrestricted procurement, both small and large business are encouraged to reply. This modifies the previous synopsis dated January 23, 1997. There will be no hard copies of the solicitation made available. (0084)

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