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

54 -- ENVIRONMENTAL/SMOKING CHAMBER SOL 97-115(Q) DUE 062497 POC Grace White, Contract Specialist, (404)842-6751 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Environmental Health (CDC/NCEH) has a requirement for a pre-fabricated environmental room. Specifications are as follows: nominal size of 9' x 9'; flourescent lighting; self-closing door; a double pane glass window in one side wall; humidity and temperature control; air flow of 400-700 CFM; automatic charting of dry bulb temperature and relative humidity. The unit is to be delivered and installed at CDC s Atlanta facilities at 4770 Buford Highway. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED 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, 97-115(Q), is a Request for Quotes (RFQ). The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46.The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this procurement is 1799; the small business size standard is $7.0 million. The FOB point shall be Destination, Atlanta, Georgia; delivery/installation location is Building 32 North, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341. Acceptance location is the same. 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 52.222-26, 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 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- Supplies. The following additional terms and conditions are included by addenda to 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items: FAR 52.211-9, Desired and Required Time of Delivery (fill-ins are 45 days after contract award (desired delivery) and 90 days after contract award (required delivery)); FAR 52.247-35, F.O.B. Destination, Within Consignee s Premises. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply. Quotes are due at 2:00 PM, June 24, 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 quotes will be accepted. For information regarding this solicitation, contact Grace White at (404) 842-6751. This solicitation is a 100% small business set-aside. See Numbered Note 1. No telephonic requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. (0148)

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