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75 -- ROLLPAPER SOL NOT APPLICABLE DUE 051098 POC JOYCE WERRELL, 410-965-9473 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, JOYCE.WERRELL@ssa.gov. INTRODUCTION: The Social Security Administration (SSA) is interested in receiving quotations on rolled paper. This is a combined synopsis/request for quotation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This is the only announcement; quotations are being requested and a written request for quotation will not be issued. This is a simplified acquisition, 100% small business set-aside, issued as a request for quotation (RFQ), number SSA-RFQ-98-3518. Quotations submitted from other than small businesses will be rejected. All responsible small business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 2621. The small business size standard is 750 employees. This request for quotation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. Quotations in response to this RFQ shall be submitted by April 15, 1998, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, addressed to the Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, Attn: Joyce L. Werrell, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21207, or faxed to (410) 966-9310. REQUIREMENT: Two Hundred and Seventy-Three (273) 50-inch diameter rolls of 11-inch wide paper to be used on a Roll Systems Incorporated (RSI) unwinder. The paper must have a minimum weight of 18 lbs. The paper must have pinfeed holes at the sides (not factored into the 11-inch width) and be wound on six-inch cores. Rolls must be spliceless and all rolls wound in the same direction. The contractor will be responsible for replacing any roll that cannot be used within 10 inches of the core or for which the core does not function properly, at no additional charge to the Government. The rolls must be packaged three to a pallet, paper or shrink wrapped, and secured to the pallet with =BD- inch wide nylon strapping. The pallets must have dimensions of 36 inches x 52inches x 5.25 inches high, with stops at the rear of each pallet to prevent dropping of the rolls during loading onto the carts. Pallets must accommodate a standard pallet jack lifting mechanism with forks measuring 42" long x 4" wide x 1.75" high. Each pallet must be clearly marked with both the NSN Number 7530-00-000-0463 and ICN Number 668540. Shipment shall be delivered to the Social Security Administration's Middle River Warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland 21220. The following provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial Items, (APR 1998) is incorporated by reference. The provisions at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (tailored) apply to this acquisition: (a) and (c). The government will award a contract resulting from this request for quotation to the responsible offer or whose offer conforming to the quotation will be most advantageous to the Government price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government's requirement as described above (see FAR 52.212-1(b)(4), and price. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR Part 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with their offer. The provisions at FAR Part 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (APR 1998) is incorporated by reference. The following provisions at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items apply to this acquisition: (a)(1), (a)(2), and (b)(6) through (b)(10), (d) and (e). (0110)

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