VA Medical Center, Attn: Contracting Officer (90C), 7305 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33410-6400

99 -- CARTRIDGE RECYCLING AND SERVICES SOL 548-97-sb-015-52397 DUE 052397 POC suzanne byrne 561-882-6517 (1)This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with addditional information included in this notice. This announcement consitutes the only solicitation. (2) This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation RFQ 548-97-SB-015. (3) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-45. (4) This solicitation is 100% set aside for small business. It is advertised as full and open competition with SIC: 7389 with a size standard of $5 million. (5) [Line Item One]: The contractor shall furnish all necessary equipment, supplies, supervision and qualified competent personnel to recycle toner cartridges and clean printers (list available) owned by the VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida. All quantities listed are estimates only. The Government is not obligated to any specified amount of products, but shall be obligated to provide payments for all items/services requested in accordance with quotation. The VA intends to award a single contract based on the following factors: technical capability, past performance and price including option years. Technical and past performance, when combined, are more important than price. This contract will be for a 3 month period, from July 1, 1997 through September 30, 1997, with two option years. Contractor will be required to pickup, recycle cartridges and deliver to the VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida. The cartridges returned to the VA must be the same as given. VA Medical Center personnel will label cartridges as Government owned and Contractor will be required to enter date of recycling on label. In addition, the vendor will provide the service of cleaning and vacuuming the listed printers once during the term of this contract and once a quarter during the option years. Cleaning will include only: vacuum the inside and outside of printer, (removing cartridge to vacuum inside), and wipe down inside and outside with mild cleaning solution on a damp cloth. Estimated quantity of monthly cartridge usage is located in parenthesis: BASE PERIOD FROM 7/1/97 -- 9/30/97 HP IV #92298A (65), EPSON 1500 (35), HP 4SI #92291A (12), CANON FX2 (4), HP LASERJET #92275A (1), CANON A30 (4), CANON FX1 (1), HP 5 (2), HP LASERJET #92295A (1), APPLE LASERWRITER (1), PANASONIC UP755 (1), [Line Item two] FIRST OPTION YEAR 10/1/97 -- 9/30/98 HP IV #92298A (65), EPSON 1500 (35), HP 4SI #92291A (12), CANON FX2 (4), HP LASERJET #92275A (1), CANON A30 (4), CANON FX1 (1), HP5 (2), HP LASERJET #92295A (1), APPLE LASERWRITER (1), PANASONIC UP755 (1), [Line Item Three] SECOND OPTION YEAR FROM 10/1/98 -- 9/30/99 HP IV #92298A (65), EPSON 1500 (35), HP 4SI #92291A (12), CANON FX2 (4), HP LASERJET #92275A (1), CANON A30 (4), CANON FX1 (1), HP5 (2), HP LASERJET #92295A (1), APPLE LASERWRITER (1), PANASONIC UP755 (1) (6) turnaround time: five days for pick up and delivery. Payment will be made after each service has been completed and an invoice has been received and certified. (7) Register of wage determinations under the Service Contract Act, Wage Determination #94-2111 is incorporated into this solicitation. The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.212-2 Evaluation 0f Commercial Items; 52.216-21 Requirements; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items; 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services; 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; 52.242-15 Stop-work Order; 52.243-1 Changes -- Fixed-price; 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Items and Commercial Components; The following VAAR clauses apply to this solicitation: 852.216-70 Estimated quantities for Requirements Contracts; 852.270-1 Representatives of Contracting Officers; 852.270-4 Commercial Advertising; 52.232-18 Availability of Funds; 52.232-19 Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. In accordance with FAR subpart 9.104-1, each offeror is required to provide information on a reasonable number of recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items, as well as the offerors primary financial institution, to include contract numbers, points of contact, telephone numbers and any other relevant information which will be used by the Contracting Officer to make a responsibility determination about a prospective offeror. FAR provision 52.213-3, Offeror Representation and Certification -- Commercial Items, shall be completed and submitted with the quotation. The VA intends to award a single contract and reserves the right to make multiple awards if in the Government's best interest. The contract base period will be for one 3 month period from July 1, 1997, with two (one) year options for renewal.The closing date for all quotations is May 23, 1997 at 2:00pm local time. Quotations in one original should be sent to: Contracting Officer (90C) VA Medical Center Room 2C-260 7305 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, Fl. 33410 (0126)

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