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T -- SUBSCRIPTION TO DOD PARTS AND LOGISTICS DATABASE(S) SOL N00033-98-R-8006 DUE 121797 POC Pam Broglio, Contract Specialist, 202-685-5948; Deidre Rumsey, Contracting Officer, 202-685-5950 WEB: click here to view MSC requirements, http://www.msc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via e:mail, deidre.rumsey@smtpgw.msc.navy.mil. Amendment 0001 as issued by MSC on 17 December 1997 contains the following description: 1. Subject solicitation is amended as specified herein. The purpose of this amendment is to correct minor errors in the RFP, incorporate the options and payments clauses into the solicitation, respond to offerors' questions, and notify offerors that demonstrations may be required. 2. Description Paragraph (v), CLINS 002-005 should be corrected to read, "Option Years one through four." 3. Incorporate the following clause: "52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. (MAR 1989) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor prior to expiration of the contract term; provided, that the Government shall give the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option provision. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 60 months." 4. FAR 52.232-7, "Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts," with Alternate 1, is hereby incorporated into the solicitation for purposes of payments when time-and-material orders are issued. 5. The following offeror questions and MSC replies are provided for information purposes only: (a) Request for clarification of terms "single user" and "multiple user": The terms "single user" and "multiple user" in the solicitation are further defined as follows: "Single User" subscriptions will be used on "stand alone" machines or LANs and do not have to support more than one simultaneous user. "Multiple User" subscriptions will be used in a LAN environment; more than one simultaneous user may be accessing the system within each LAN at one time. (b) Will decision be made on base year price or base year plus options? As stated in FAR 52.212-2, "Evaluation -- Commercial Items": "The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement." 6. Offerors that are determined to be susceptible to being technically acceptable may be required to give a demonstration of their proposed product for evaluation by MSC. 7. All other terms and conditions of the solicitation remained unchanged. Closing date for receipt of offers remains 12:00 p.m. EST, 17 DEC 1997. (0351)

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