Immigration & Naturalization Service, Procurement Division, 425 I St., NW, Room 2208, Washington, DC 20536

84 -- BADGES SOL BOR-7L-038 DUE 081297 POC LaVerne Railey, Purchasing Agent, 202/307-0077 The INS requires production of law enforcement officer badges in three diffrent titles. The dies and tooling will be supplied by INS. All dies, tooling and samples remain the property of the government and must be returned to INS. This will be a best value award based on past performance, delivery, quality of the product and price. At least three law enforcement references, preferably government, will be required from qualified offerors. Initial delivery of 7,000 badges is required by October 30, 1997. The contractor shall provide a sample which is of production quality and indicates the highest quality work the contractor is capable of providing. Gilding metal, 425 olin brass or equivalent, .80 gauge. "Midnight Navy" blue Polymel (Polychem corp. color P-08 or equivalent) or "Midnight Navy" blue stoned epoxy in the letters "U" and "S", and in the lettered top and botton ribbons. The Polymel or stoned epoxy must be free of porosity, show no grinding or polishing marks, and be finished at the same level as the lettering and the walls of the ribbon panels. Heavy gold electroplate finish of 24K fineness, with a minimum thickness of 50 mils throughout (front, back, and edges) to match finish of sample badge provided. All raised highlights on the obverse are to be brightly polished and glossed. The edges are to be polished to remove and tool marks made when the selvage is trimmed from the device. The reverse shall have a satin finish. The device is to be coated with a clear baked-on lacquer on all sides. 3-piece pin and safety catch as follows: Catch: B.A. Ballou #046882 or equivilent. Joint: B.A. Ballou #0161051 or equivalent. 2" Pin: B.A. Ballou #810533 or equivalent. The catch and joint are to be hard soldered to the reverse of the device. The point of the pin should not protrude beyond the catch or the bottom of the device. The findings are to be electroplated to match the finish of the device. Slight oval dap, curvature from left to right as worn, approximately 1/16" on the vertical axis. The reverse of thedevice is to be hallmarked with the manufacturer's name or logogram. The mouth and year of manufacturer are to be stamped on the reverse of the device as well. All badges of like position title are to be consecutively numbered on the reverse with a stamped alphanumeric serial number. The size of the stamped numbers must be the equivalent of Arial 16 point type. Arial 16 point type: ABCDEFGHIJILMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, 1234567890. The range of serial numbers to be used will be provided. Disclaimer: The reverse is to be stamped or embossed with the following disclaimer: "This badge conveys no authority unless accompanied by proper credentials". A die for the embossing will be furnished for this purpose. Each badge is to be individually packaged in a transparent plastic packet approximately 3 inches wide and 4 inches deep, not less than 5 mils thick, with a "zip lock" type closing. A label is to be affixed to one side of the packet with the badge title and serial number clearly and conspicuously imprinted theron. The "zip lock" type closing is to be closed. Qualified offerors shall fax requests for the RFP to 202/616-7876 no later than August 12, 1997 to Laverne Railey, Attn: BOR-7L-038. See Numbered Note(s): 1 & 26 (0209)

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