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66 -- CONVERSION KIT FOR FINNIGAN MASS SPECTROMETER SOL 08-3K47-98 DUE 060898 POC Keina Burrier -- - (301)504-5888 -- - fax# (301)504-5009 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial item prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number 08-3K47-98, is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), and incorporates provisions and clauses that in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. The standard industrial classification code is 3826, with a small business standard of 500 employees. The acquisition will be procured on an unrestricted basis. The Government intends to negotiate non-competitively with Thermo Quest Corp. 255 Old New Brunswick Road, Piscateway, NJ 08854, under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) when there is reasonable basis to conclude that the agency's minimum needs can only be satisfied by (i) unique supplies available from only one source. The USDA's Food Composition Laboratory requires an instrument upgrade to their existing Finnigan TSQ-700 Mass Spectrometer. This involves the replacement of the entire digital electronics and adding a new primary computer to the system and change-over to new system software with appropriate backup devices. Line item #1: Conversion Kit for a Finnigan TSQ 70 Mass Spectometer (upgrade to a TSQ 700 Mass Spectrometer) to include full digital electronic upgrade, alpha 200 4/166 workstation, 2.1 GB hard drive, 21" color monitor, 4mm DAT tape drive, 4x CD-ROM, 2 ethernet boards, ICIS software, manuals, cable, printer, warranty and installation. Inside delivery to FOB destination Beltsville Agricultural Center, Beltsville, Maryland. Estimated award date is June 10, 1998. Delivery is required on or about July 30, 1998 or 45 days after award. Any interested/qualified source who believes they can provide the required conversion kit must respond by 3:00 p.m., June 8, 1998. All such responses will be evaluated in order to determine the ability to meet the above stated capabilities. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Responses shall include literature, brochures and other such information corresponding to the required item. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Award to a technically acceptable offeror, at a fair and reasonable price; The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: technical capability, past performance and price. Technical capability and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. All offerors must include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 with their response. 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 Statues of Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply to the resultant contract: 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, and 52.225-21. (0138)

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