DOT/RSPA/VOLPE National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142

D -- THE PURCHASE OF VIDEO & AUDIO EQUIPMENT SOL DTRS57-97-Q-80183 DUE 081197 POC Karen Marino, Purchasing Agent, (617) 494-2437 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/procure.htm. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, doylek@volpe1.dot.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This notice constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Quotation Number DTRS57-97-Q-80183 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This quotation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. The Volpe Center plans to procure through Simplified Acquisition procedures qualified contractors to provide the following Video and Audio equipment: 1. Autopatch Enclosure, part no. 4YDMENCB, 2 EA.; 2. Recon Cards 4 Inputs ea., part no. 4YDMVI08, 8 EA.; 3. Autopatch Card, part no. 4YDMV010.32, 8 EA.; 4. Extron 50' HI Res. Cables BNC450HR, part no. 2621005, 4 EA.; 5. Extron 25' HI Res. Cables BNC425HR, part no. 2621004, 4 EA.; 6. Extron Breakout Cable Sun Interface Cable MBC Sparc, part no.2628301, 1 EA.; 7. Extron Breakout Cable PC Interface Cable MBC VGA, part no. 2616201, 3 EA.; 8. Extron Breakout Cable MacIntosh Interface Cable MBC IIGS, part no. 2616201, 2 EA.; 9. Crestron CT3000 Color Touch Panel, 2 EA.; 10. Installation and Reprogramming if existing and new equipment, 1 EA.; 11. Extron Computer Interface, part no. RGB202X1, 6 EA. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3577 and the Small Business Size Standard is 1,000 employees. All interested sources must identify the product by submitting pricing data and an accurate description of the equipment offered. Delivery shall be FOB Destination on or before September 15, 1997 to: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, Receiving Dock, 125 Munroe Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093. The provision at 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition, no addenda applies. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, no addenda applies. Award: Offers will bereceived on an all or none basis. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror conforming to the solicitation that will be the most advantageous to the Government, price, past performance and other factors considered. All offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercials Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercials Items, applies to this acquisition; additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14. Offers will be received at U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142, Attn: Karen Marino, DTS-853, 3:00PM Local time August 11, 1997. For information on this quotation you may contact Karen Marino at 617/494-2437. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet, these documents will be available in text format and reside on a WWW server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: "http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/procure.htm". Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments, and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmission cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. Requests for a hardcopy of the solicitation may be mailed or sent via E-Mail to doylek@volpe1.dot.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0212)

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