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65 -- BEDDING, ANIMAL (PRIMATE AND RABBITS) SOL NHLBI-PS-97-154 DUE 081997 POC Cecilia D. Morales, Purchasing Agent, (301)435-0369, Debra C. Hawkins, Chief, Procurement Section, (301)435-0366 The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), intends to o purchase 10,400 each 30 pound bags of paper chip bedding. The bedding must be the Cranbrands International, Ltd., Papsoft brand only. No substitutions will be accepted. The contractor must deliver a total of 200 each, 30 pound bags twice a week or on as needed basis for a period of twelve months. The bags shall be delivered on a pallet of 40 each, 30 pound bags. Delivery must be received within 48 hours of telephone request. The fi rst shipment must be received at the Government's delivery location 5 days after award of the purchase order. The contractor must store the bedding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). An invoice must be included with each shipment. All work will be performed in a professional manner and meet or exceed the industry and Government standards for performance. The bags will be inspected upon arrival by the NIH animal husbandry contract personnel for damage to packaging. Any shipment judged to be u nacceptable will be rejected and replaced at no charge to the Government. The NIH animal husbandry contract personnel will review and approve the quality of the delivered product and the manner in which it was shipped. The Government will furnish a forklift and pallet jack for the removal of pallets from the delivery truck. This equipment will be utilized by the NIH animal husbandry contract personnel. Responses to this notice must submit clear and convincing documentation indicating that the item propo sed is the brand name item required. This requirement is under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code number 2621, size standard 750 employees. This acquisition is solicited as a total Small Business Set Aside. Quotations are due fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis or August 21, 1997, whichever is later. The quotations must include an itemized price, delivery time, prompt payment discount terms, SIC code, the business size, the DUN's number and the specificat ions describing the product quoted. Quotations will be evaluated on conformance to the government's specifications, price, quality, and delivery period. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received shall be considered by the agency. Quotations must be submitted in writing to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, Procurement Section. Rockledge Building 2, Room 6143, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817-7902, attention: Ms. Cecilia D. M orales, Fax (301)480-3345. Fax quotations will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representatitve. (0216)

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