Department of the Treasury, U. S. Secret Service, Procurement Division, 1310 L Street, N. W., Suite 730, Washington, DC 20223

66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL RFQ-98-Q-19 DUE 032798 POC Robert Petrosky 202-435-6940 The U.S. Secret Service intends to negotiate and award a contract on a sole source basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 13.500. Negotiations will be held with Vacuum Metal Deposition, Post Office Box 2536, Costa Mesa, California 92628. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation which will be accomplished in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The following FAR Clauses are applicable unless otherwise noted: FAR Part 52.212-4 and 52.212-1, with FAR 52.212-1(b)(8) and 52.212-1(e) being exempted for this procurement. The associated standard industrial classification code (SIC) is 3844, 500 employees. This action is restricted as a 100% small business set-aside. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation package will not be issued. Solicitation number 98-Q-19 is issued as a request of quotation (RFQ). All references to "offerors" are understood to be "quotations". The solicitation document andincorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-3. This is a firm-fixed price requirement. CLIN-0001, Vacuum metal deposition system for the purpose of developing latent prints by the use of metal evaporation technology. The size of the system FPRC-24B shall be eight cubic feet to allow for multiple items of evidence to be processed at one time. The evidence rack shall allow for the use of laboratory clamps for mounting of evidence. Magnetic securing devices, which destroy magnetic encoded information on certain evidence shall be unacceptable. The laboratory clamp device shall allow for securing large items of evidence. The system shall have four movable metal evaporation boats to allow adaptation of metal film coverage of the evidence contained in the chamber. An internal moveable light shall be included to be used to examine metal deposition of items in the chamber. The cycle time shall be guaranteed at no more than ten minutes, to allow evidence processing; CLIN-0002, One year warranty on all parts, labor, installation, which will be provided locally; CLIN-0003, Training of staff and a training manual shall be provided for operations of the system, use of equipment, and maintenance of equipment; CLIN-0004, Consumable metals and accessories required for operation of the system for a period of twelve months; CLIN-0005, An air compressor shall be included; CLIN-0006, A warranty to include an additional twelve months for service, parts and labor, which will be provided locally. The Contractor shall deliver the complete quantity: (i) F.O.B. destination; (ii) within thirty days (ARO); (iii) delivery shall be made to: U.S. Secret Service, Forsenic Services Division, Room 929, 1800 G Street NW, Washington DC 20223. Inspection and acceptance shall be at destination. All responses to this RFQ are due by 3:00PM Local Time on March 27, 1998. The Government intends to award one contract, to the responsible offeror whose quotation conforming to the specifications will be mostadvantageous to the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any costs in the preparation of responses to this announcement. (0071)

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