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59 -- SWITCH CONVERSION KIT SOL 92028-143 DUE 050598 POC Contracting Officer: Wayne Greene, Facsimile 202-260-0855 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, wgreene@usia.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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. Solicitation number 92028-143 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. This is a small business set-aside and the Standard Industrial Classification for electrical Industrial apparatus is 3629. The small business set-aside standard is 500 employees. The solicitation line item is as follows: Item 1, Part Number 42430, Switch Conversion Kit (or equal), Quantity: 5, Units: EA. The specific IBB requirement is for active cross point switches for an antenna switch matrix. F.O.B. Point: Destination -- Inside Delivery. Address: International Broadcasting Bureau, CSF, Room G-312, 330 C. St., SW, Washington, DC 20547. Delivery Required: within 90 Days after contract award. Inspection and acceptance will be at destination. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.204-3 Taxpayer Identification; FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (evaluation factors are: technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement and price. Offerors submitting "or equal" items must furnish product literature that demonstrates the products offered meets or exceeds the brand-name items listed above.); 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, (offerors shall include a completed copy of the this provision with your offer); FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items. In addition, FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items incorporates thefollowing clauses: FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (Applicable to Contracts in Excess of $10,000); FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract of 1965, as Amended (Applicable to Service Contracts in Excess of $2,500); FAR 52.225-3 Buy American Act-Supplies; FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award. Additional FAR requirements include: FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-20 Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Acts (Applicable to Supply Contracts in Excess of $10,000); FAR 52.232-1 Payments; FAR 52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment (with Alternate 1); FAR 52.232-25 Prompt Payment; FAR 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not applicable to this procurement. See Numbered Note 1. Quotes are due at the issuing office (address above) on or before 2:00 pm, June 5, 1998. Please contact Wayne Greene at (202) 619-2339for information regarding this solicitation. (0139)

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