Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21207-0696

K -- PROVIDE COMPLETE AND NEW NOTIFIER NET (UL 864) REPORTING SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY ALARM INITIATING AND INDICATING DEVICES. SOL SSA-RFQ-98-3457 DUE 010598 POC Elaine L. Davis Tel: (410) 965-4837 Fax: (410) 966-9310 WEB: Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm. Interested. The Social Security Administration is interested in receivingquotes for the services of a qualified contractor to (A) Providea complete and new Notifier Net (UL 864) reporting system and allancillary alarm initiating and indicating devices. The equipmentto be furnished is Notifier Net with 20 inch monitor and mouse;Notfier AM2020 Basic Equipment package, BE-2020N; Notifier CAB-C3and dress panels; Notifier Transponder basic equipment package,BE-XP; Notifier CAB-C3 and dress panels; Manual Pull Stations (2each) BGX-101L; Waterflow switches (2 each) with electricallysupervised cover (in pipe); Tamper switches (2 each) withelectrically supervised cover (on OS&Y valve); Ceiling smokedetectors (2-ionization) CPX-551; Duct Smoke detectors (2 each)CPX-551 and DHX-501 (2 each); 12 AH 24 VDC batteries, PS12120 (4each); Battery boxes, BB-17 (2 each); (B) Furnish and installsatellite fire alarm annunciators. The equipment to be furnishedis Notifier CAB-C3 fire alarm cabinets (8 each) and dress plates;Intelligent Network Annunciator (8 each); 24 VDC fire alarmbatteries (16 each) PS 12120; MPS-24A Power Supply (8 each); MPM-2 Main Power Meter (8 each) (C) Provide Software/programmingupgrades to the existing Notifier Net. (D) Furnish and installduct smoke detectors. The equipment to be furnished is DuctDetector Units (34 each). (E) Provide "as building" drawings andrevision of the existing narrative test which accompanies eachdevice/modules associated with the existing fire alarm system.All work shall be performed at the Social Security AdministrationHeadquarters Buildings, Baltimore, Maryland. The acquisitionwill be subject to Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations(FAR) regarding the acquisition of Commercial Items, to FAR Part13.6 regarding the Application of Special Simplified Proceduresto Commercial Items and Services, and to the principles of pastperformance evaluation as covered by FAR 15.605. The Governmentwill evaluate quotes for the "best value" based on price,experience, and past performance. The acquisition will also besubject to the conditions of the Service Contract Act. Solicitation No. SSA-RFQ-98-3457 will be available on or aboutDecember 12, 1997. The RFQ will be available for download inelectronic form on SSA's Internet Home Past at URL"http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm. Interested parties may alsoreceive the RFQ by mail if unable to download from the internet. Requests for the RFQ may be sent via telefax on (410) 966-9310. No telephone requests will be honored. Notice is given that theRFQ cover page, SF 1449 Solicitation/Contract/Order forCommercial Items, Plans and the Wage Determination will not beavailable by electronic download. Persons intending to submit aquote should contact the Contract Specialist to obtain thesedocuments. This is a 100% small business set-aside. Quotationssubmitted from other than small businesses will be rejected. Thestandard industrial classification (SIC) code for thisacquisition is 1731. The small business size standard is 7million. (0336)

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