Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement & Grants Office, Contracts & Purchases Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd, N.E, Rm 419, Atlanta, GA 30305

46 -- ELECTROPOSITIVE FILTER CARTRIDGES SOL 97-99(N) DUE 043097 POC Grace White, Contract Specialist, (404) 842-6751 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Infectious Diseases (CDC/NCID) has a requirement for electropositive filter cartridges for virus adsorption. These filters are for a project being performed under an interagency agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency. This project is being conducted in accordance with the EPA s ICR Microbial Laboratory Manual) (EPA/600/R-95-178), which is available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/nerlcwww/icrmicro.pdf. The following specifications apply: The cartridge configuration shall be 24.8 cm in length, double open-ended, with flat nitrile gaskets. The cartridges shall be capable of sterilization by heat (121 C for one hour). The cartridge medium must be demonstrated to bind greater than 80 percent of poliovirus in sample with a pH of 3.5 to 8. Adsorbed virus must be stable in the cartridge for greater than 100 hours at 4 C. Greater than 40 percent of the input virus must be released from the cartridge medium using a proteinaceous solution at pH 9.5. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commerical items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as suplesmented 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. This solicitation, 97-99(N), is a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this procurement is 3564; the small business size standard is 500 employees. The FOB point shall be Destination, Atlanta, Georgia; delivery location is CDC/NCID, Building 1, Dock 1, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333. Acceptance location will be the address of the CDC/NCID Project Officer. A requirements type contract is contemplated for a base period of twelve months and an option for one additional year. Estimated quantities are 800 filtersin the base year (Line Item 001) and 800 filters in the option year (Line Item 002). The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items. Insert the following evaluation criteria in Paragraph (a) of FAR 52.212-2: compliance with all specification requirements, price, and past performance. Technical merit and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price. All offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this action, including the following FAR clauses cited within FAR 52.212-5(a): FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, withAlternate I; FAR 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity; FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns; FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-18, European Union Sanctions for End Products; FAR 52.225-21, Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act -- Balance of Payments Program. The following additional terms and conditions are included by addenda to 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items: FAR 52.21 -- 5, New Material; FAR 52.211-9, Desired and Required Time of Delivery (fill ins as follows: Desired time for all orders is 15 days after receipt of order; required time for all orders is 45 days after receipt of order); FAR 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities; FAR 52.214-34, Submission of Offers in the English Language; FAR 52.214-35, Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency; FAR 52.216-19, Order Limitations (fill-ins as follows: quantity of 50 (Minimum order limitation); quantity of 500 per line item and 500 per order per order (maximum order limitations); and quantity of 800 (maximum for a series of orders issued within seven calendar days)); FAR 52.216-18, Ordering (paragraph (a) fill-in: from date of award through contract expiration ); FAR 52.216-21, Requirements (fill in for Paragraph (f): after 45 days after contract expiration ); FAR 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options; FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend The Term of the Contract (clause fill-ins: "the effective period of the contract" and "24 months"); and FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply. Proposals, in original and two copies, are due at 2:00 PM, April 30, 1997 to the following address: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Procurement & Grants Office, Contracts & Purchases Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd., N.E., Room 419, Atlanta, GA 30305. Faxed proposals will not be accepted. For information regarding this solicitation, contact Grace White at (404) 842-6751. All responsible sources may submit an offer. No telephonic requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. (0098)

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