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S -- BANQUET FOR 20TH NATIONAL SYSTEMS SECURITY CONFERENCE SOL 52SBNB7C1226 DUE 071197 POC Marsha Rodgers (301)975-6398 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a combined synopsis solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number 52SBNB7C1226 is issued as a Request for Proposal. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. This action is being done under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7011. The small business size standards is $5 million. CLIN 0001, l lot -- The contractor shall provide space, food, equipment, and services for a dinner banquet for the 20th National Systems Security Conference, to be held Wednesday, October 8, 1997 for 1500 attendees in accordance with a statement of work listed below. This facility shall be located in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore was determined to be the best location because this event is co-sponsored with the National Security Agency and needs to be close to their location. Also, this banquet is part of a conference being held at the Baltimore Convention Center. CLIN 0002, 1 lot -- the contractor shall provide a microphone and podium for the dinner speaker. STATEMENT OF WORK. The contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities to host a banquet for the subject above. The banquet shall be October 8, 1997 in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore. The Contractor shall provide a large, carpeted room with upholstered chairs and draped tables for 1500 people. The Contractor shall provide space to house a reception with a cash bar from 6 -- 7 p.m. for 1500 people. The Contractor shall provide a podium and microphone for the dinner speaker in the banquet hall. The Contractor shall provide a banquet dinner consisting a beef dish, an appetizer, two vegetables and dessert for 1500 people. EVALUATION FACTORS shall include the ability to provide function space, the ability to provide audiovisuals, and the ability to provide food. Technical factors are significantly more important than price. Award shall be made to the greatest value for the Government. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, and FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items are applicable to this acquisition. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, and the clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. The offeror responding to this RFP shall submit prices for all requested items, prompt payment terms, past performance information, literature describing the facilities, and a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.,212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (available at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm), Pursuant to FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, the following FAR clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I, 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity, 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, 52.222-19, European Union Sanction for Services, 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, and 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires. Wage Determination 94-2247, Revision 7, or the most recent Wage Determination is applicable to performance in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Department of Commerce Clause: Agency Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer (available at web site above) applies to this acquisition. Contractors shall submit proposals to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, Attention, Marsha Rodgers, Solicitation 52SBNB7C1226, by 3:00 p.m., July 11, 1997. (0182)

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