USAID/Honduras/Office of Contract Management, Unit 2927, APO AA 34022

66 -- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SOL IFB 97-050 DUE 092697 POC Contact Point: Timothy T. Beans, Contracting Officer, Tel. No. (011- 504) 36-9320, Ext. 2454, Fax: (011-504) 38-2804, Internet (koviedo@usaid.gov). Correction: This action was originally publicized in the CBD on 07/17/97 and this is to amplify content of specifications and to clarify that we look forward to receive your proposal and descriptive literature on Friday September 26th, at 3:00 pm Honduran time, on a sealed envelope or packages. All other information publicized in the original solicitation announcements remains unchanged. Please delete specification for items No. 13, 15, 23, 24 and 46 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Item 13. 40 each, Adult Manual Resuscitator, complete with lear PVC adult and child mask soft cuff and 22 mm fottings, with carrying pouch, with reservoir and vave". "Item 15. 95 each, Baby scale, must be in kilograms and pounds." "Item 23. 1087 each, Clinical Oral Thermometers". "Item 24. 761 each, Clinical Rectal Thermometers" Delete the first paragraph for Source and Origin Code and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Source Origin Codes: The authorized source and origin governing this solicitation is U.S.A.I.D. Geographic Code 000 United States and for componentry only the authorized Geographic Code is 935 Special Free World-Any area or country in the Free World including the cooperating country itself. See attachment for Geographic codes and AIDAR Section I, clause 752.7004 entitled Source and Nationality Requirements. Componentry: USAID componentry rules for commodities produced in eligible source countries are as follows: A. If the commodity contains no component, it meets USAID's componentry requirements. B. If the commodity contains components imported from countries included in Geographic Code 935/941/000 which are not included in the authorized geographic code for the procurement, the components are limited according to the following rules: (1) They are limited only if they are acquired by the producer in the form in which they were imported. (2) The total cost of such components to the producer of the commodity (delivered at the point of production of the commodity) may not exceed 50 percent of the lowest price (excluding the cost of ocean transportation and marine insurance) at which the supplier makes the commodity available for export sale (whether or not financed by USAID). (3) USAID may prescribe percentages other than 50 percentage for specific commodities. The percentage of allowable foreign componentry may be decreased for a specific procurement by the USAID or AID/W at the request of the cooperating country. Other changes in the percentage of allowable foreign componentry may be authorized by the Director of the Office of Procurement in certain circumstances or may be authorized as source/origin waivers. (4) Components from the cooperating country may be used in unlimited amounts whenever any geographic code other than Code 000 is authorized." This IFB has been modified three times now, enough time has been given to all offerors to submit their questions or concerns about this procurement. Therefore, no further questions will be accepted. (0265)

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