Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Regional Contracts Dept, Attn: Bid Officer/Code 210A94, 937 N. Harbor Drive, Suite 212, San Diego, CA 92132-0212

J -- X-RAY SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE SOL N00244-97-Q-5235 DUE 092997 POC Fax request for information to Bid Officer (619) 532-2575, or call (619) 532-2690; Contract Specialist, Cory Price (619) 532-2395; Contracting Officer, Sheila Wasson WEB: Click here to find out more about FISC San Diego., http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail., cory_l._price@fmso.navy.mil. This is a modification to solicitation N00244-97-Q-5235 posted in the CBD on September 10, 1997. Block 17 to include the following changes: Pricing for line items 0001, x-ray system, Philips Integris BH3000B bi-plane and 0002, x-ray system, Philips Integris H3000, shall be quoted by month (unit) for a total of twelve months (base year 01 October 1997 to 30 September 1998). Line items 0003 and 0004 are hereby established for option year one (01 October 1998 to 30 September 1999) and shall be quoted by month (unit) for a total of twelve months (option year one). Item 0003 x-ray system, Philips Integris BH3000B bi-plane, BCN 19037. Item 0004 x-ray system, Philips Integris H3000, BCN 19258. Items 0001 to 0004 are located at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego in Building 1, Deck 2, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Items 0001 and 0003 were manufactured in 1995. Items 0002 and 0004, were manufactured in 1995. A-plane glassware coverage for Items 0001 and 0003 includes coverage for the (1)x-ray tube including: (a)tube housing -- Philips part number 989000004941 and (b)tube insert -- Philips part number 989000004701 and (2)image intensifier including: (a)housing -- Philips part number 980730041101 and (b)tube insert -- Philips part number 989601001211. Responses from responsible Offerors may be mailed or faxed to FISC SD, BID OFFICER, 937 N. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92132-0212. Fax number: 619-532-1089 or 619-532-1088 -- "Attention Bid Officer". Award expected to be issued immediately after closing. The closing date and time is hereby extended to 29 September 1997 at 12 noon(PT). The following provision is hereby added to the solicitation -- FAR 52.215-18 FACSIMILE PROPOSALS (DEC 1989) (a) Definition. Facsimile proposal, as used in this solicitation, means a proposal, modification of a proposal, or withdrawal of a proposal that is transmitted to and received by the Government via electronic equipment that communicates and reproduces both printed and handwritten material. (b) Offerors may submit facsimile proposals as responses to this solicitation. These responses must arrive at the place, and by the time, specified in the solicitation. (c) Facsimile proposals that fail to furnish required representations or information, or that reject any of the terms, conditions, and provisions of the solicitation, may be excluded from consideration. (d) Facsimile proposals must contain the required signatures. (e) The Government reserves the right to make award solely on the facsimile proposal. However, if requested to do so by the Contracting Officer, the apparently successful offeror agrees to promptly submit the complete original signed proposal. (f) Facsimile receiving data and compatibility characteristics are as follows: (1) Telephone number of receiving facsimile equipment: [ 619-532-1089 or 619-532-1088] (2) Compatibility characteristics of receiving facsimile equipment (e.g., make and model number, receiving speed, communications protocol): [ unknown] (g) If the offeror chooses to transmit a facsimileproposal, the Government will not be responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the facsimile proposal including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Receipt of garbled or incomplete proposal. (2) Availability or condition of the receiving facsimile equipment. (3) Incompatibility between the sending and receiving equipment. (4) Delay in transmission or receipt of proposal. (5) Failure of the offeror to properly identify the proposal. (6) Illegibility of proposal. (7) Security of proposal data. (0268)

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