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

D -- COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SOL DTRS57-97-Q-80202 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 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. The Volpe Center plans to solicit a sole-source simplified acquisition purchase from Polywell Computers, San Francisco, CA to provide Global Enrollment System (GES) computers that would be used in Enrollment Centers for all the Automated Inspection Systems for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). This acquisition is approved for a sole source purchase order in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. All interested sources must be able to provide equipment and software that is backwards compatible, and contractors must supply computers that can interface with the customized software and computer peripherals that were an earlier part of this program. Contractors must identify the product by submitting pricing data and an accurate description of the equipment being offered, which includes the make and model numbers. If there are no responses received by close of business September 8, 1997, a purchase order will be awarded to the above named source. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ), Quotation No. DTRS57-97-Q-80202. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3571 and the Small Business Size Standard is 1,000 employees. The items are as follows (for a complete listing of specifications for items 1 -- 3 you must contact Karen Marino at 617/494-2437): 1. File Server, 7 EA.; 2. Airport Kiosk, 15 EA; 3. GES Workstations, 21 EA. Delivery shall be within 30 days after award of purchase order to DOT/Volpe Center, 125 Munroe Street, Receiving Dock, Cambridge, MA 02142, provision at 52.212-1, Instruction to Offers -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition, no addenda applies. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition as follows: The offeror must provide the parts listed in the specifications that are necessary to interface with the customized software and computer peripherals. Award: Offers will be received on an all or none basis. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation the responsible offering conforming to the solicitation that will be the most advantageous to the Government, delivery schedule, 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 -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 1, 2, 3, 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-852, 3:00 P.M. Local time September 8, 1997. For information on this solicitation 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. 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