U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 980 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30605

66 -- AUTO ANALYZER, SOFTWARE, AND TRAINING. SOL SESD-98-0003 DUE 010598 POC Larry LaRue, 706-355-8512 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the solicitation only and proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation No. SESD-98-003 is issued as a Request For Quotation, and incorporated provisions and claused that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-44. The standard industrial classification code is 3826, with a small business standard of 500 employees. Delivery is required no later than 60 calendar days after receipt of order. Delivery is F.O.B. Destination to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 980 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605. Any interested/qualified sources who can provide the items above must respond by January 5, 1998 at 2:00 P.M., EST. Bids should be addressed to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 980 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive/responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is most proce advantageous to the Government. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, awarded to a responsive and responsible offer at a fair and reasonable price; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions, required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, will apply to the resultant contract: 52.222-3, 52.233-3, 52.203-6, 52.203-10, 52.219-8, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-18, and 52.225-21. All offerors must include a complete copy of FAR 52.212-3 with their response. Because this is a commercial item, FAR 12.603-3(c)(ii) will be used for establishing solicitation response time rather than the time established in Note 22, which, in this istance, is not applicable to this commercial acquisition. AUTO ANALYZER requirements: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, has a requirement for one (1) two channel Auto Analyzer with sampler and AACE software and training; two (2) multi-test cartridge kits; two (2) AAII flowcells; two (2) optical filters (660 nm); two (2) optical filters (520 nm); one (1) pentium class computer with, 6x86P166 -- Cyrex chip, 14" super VGA monitor, two parallel and four serial ports, 16 Mb RAM, Hard drive 1.6 GB, 3.5" floppy drive, 101 Key keyboard, mouse, MS DOS 6.2 and Microsoft Windows 3.11 or Windows 95, Printer cable, video card, and minimum 24 pin dot matrix printer. The Contractor shall offer the same warranty terms, including offer of extended warranties, offered tot he general public in customary commercial practices. All responsible sources may submitan offer which will be considered.***** (0353)

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