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58 -- COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT SOL DTRS57-98-Q-80118 DUE 042298 POC Karen Marino, Purchasing Agent, (617) 494-2437 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, marinok@volpe1.dot.gov. This modification represent (2) two changes to the previous synopsis published on April 8, 1998 1. Change the reponse date from 041798 to 042298, 2. Replace the description as follows: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This notice constitutes the ONLY solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Volpe Center plans to solicit a sole-source simplified acquisition purchase from Ways Unlimited, Acton, MA, to provide items that will be used for a new fiber optic communications system between the field facilities and the control tower and the San Francisco and Newark. This acquisition is approved for a sole source purchase order in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. All interested sources must identify the product by submitting pricing data and an accurate description of the equipment offered, which includes the make and model numbers. If there are no responses received by close of business April 22, 1998, a Firm Fixed purchase order using Simplified Acquisition procedures will be awarded to the above named source. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ), Quotation No. DTRS57-98-Q-80118. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-03. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3669 and the Small Business Size Standard is 750 employees. This combined synopsis/solicitation contains the Base Purchase and Two Options. The Base Purchase is as follows: Item No. 1: Part No. SDVX-33, 4 W F Switch, Quantity: 10 EA; Unit Price $__ __ __ Total Price $__ __ ___; Item No. 2: Part No. CDVX-2, 2X4 converter 8 channel, Quantity: 20 EA, Unit Price $__ __ __ Total Price $_&llmdash; __ __; Item No. 3: Part No. CDVX-1, 2X4 converter 16 channel, Quantity: 7 EA, Unit Price $__ ____ Total Price $__ __ __. Option 1 is as follows: Item No. 1: Part No. SDVX-33, 4 W F Switch, Quantity: 6 EA; Unit Price $__ __ __ Total Price $__ __ ___; Item No. 2: Part No. CDVX-2, 2X4 converter 8 channel, Quantity: 8 EA, Unit Price $__ __ __ Total Price $__ __ __; Item No. 3: Part No. CDVX-1, 2X4 converter 16 channel, Quantity: 2 EA, Unit Price $__ ____ Total Price $__ __ __. Option 2 is as follows: Item No. 1: Part No. SDVX-33, 4 W F Switch, Quantity: 13 EA; Unit Price $__ &llmdash;_ __ Total Price $__ __ ___; Item No. 2: Part No. CDVX-2, 2X4 converter 8 channel, Quantity: 14 EA, Unit Price $__ __ __ Total Price $__ __ __; Item No. 3: Part No. CDVX-1, 2X4 converter 16 channel, Quantity: 4 EA, Unit Price $__ ____ Total Price $__ __ __. Delivery shall be FOB Destination for the Base Purchase within 60 days after award of contract. The contractor will be notified of delivery schedule for Options 1 and 2 at the time the government exercises each option. There are two delivery points -- The Base Purchase will be delivered to F+E Isis Warehouse Staging, 502 Isis Avenue, Inglewood, CA 90301, ATTN: Bill Durbahn; If Option 1 and Option 2 are exercised delivery will be to the following address: System Resources, 119 Avenue at the Common, Suite 5, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, ATTN: Tod Macecsko. The provision at 52.212-1, Instruction to Offers -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition, Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation, offers must show the quotation number; the time specified in the quotation for receipt of offers, the name and address and telephone number of the offeror; price and discount terms; warranty information, if applicable. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition as follows: The offeror must provide the specified part numbers listed above, which are necessary, in order for the new items being purchased to be compatible with the existing software. Award: Offers will be received on an all or none basis. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror conforming with the quotation that will be the best value to the government considering the part number/price and delivery time. All Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14. Offers will be received at U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142, ATTN: Karen Marino, DTS-852, 3:00 P.M. Local time April 22, 1998. For information on this solicitation you may contact Karen Marino at 617/494-2437. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: "http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html". Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. Requests for a hardcopy of the solicitation may be mailed or sent via E-Mail to marinok@volpe1.dot.gov. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0103)

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