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39 -- 45" CUTTING MACHINE SOL 1PIR-0945-98 DUE 011398 POC Annette Johnson, Contracting Officer, (202) 305-7280 This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with information in FAR subpart 12.6 as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED ON COMPANY LETTER HEAD WITH NECESSARY INFORMATION AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation 1PIR-0945-98, is a request for Proposal. Required quality 1 each, required delivery date is 30 days after award of the contract. FOB Destination to UNICOR Sandstone, MN. Type of Contract: Firm Fixed Price Contract. The discount terms for all proposals will be net 30 days, unless contractor shall indicate whether it is a small business as defined in FAR 19.001 for the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code in the RFP. cLAUSES/PROVISION: FAR Clause 52.212-1 "Instructors to Offerors-Commerical," is hereby included by reference. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1 Paragraph (c) Period of acceptance ofoffers; The offeror agrees to hold their proposal prices for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of proposals. Offerors are advised that awards may be made without discussions. Award will be to the responsible offeror(s) whose proposal is responsive to the terms of the RFP and is most advantageous to the government. FAR provision 52-212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commerical Items, hereby applies to this solicitation. FAR Clause 52-212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-s Commerical Items applies to this acquisition. Description/Specification: 45" Cutting Machine, (1) Cutting Width 115cm. (45")*, (2) Cutting Length 115cm. (45")*, (3) Clamp Opening 16.5cm. (6-1/2"), (4) Front Table Length 71.5cm. (28") (5) Table Height 90cm. (35-1/2"), (6) Maximum Cuts/Minute 42, (7) Maximum Clamp Pressure 400kp. (8000 lbs.), (8) Overall Width 28cm. (102"), (9) New Weight 3500kg. (7700 lbs.), (10) Power Riquired 4KW, (11) MICROCUT or similar computer control capability for automating backgauge movement. (12) Computerized job specification storage and recall capability. (13) Simple knife blade change capabilitities. (14) Installation and Training for foreman. (15) Parts and Accessories Manual, (16) Repair Manual. *** TRADE IN: Wohlenberg cutter -- MODEL #155, Serial #3053-003 . THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED. THOSE MARKED WITH * AN ASTERISK ARE MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE MEASUREMENTS OR STANDARDS. (0358)

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