DHHS, PHS, CDC, NIOSH, ALOSH, 1095 Willowdale Rd., Morgantown, WV 26505-2888

66 -- STRAIN GAUGE BASED FORCE PLATES SOL RQ98-024 DUE 062298 POC Brenda Goodwin, 304/285-5882/Contracting Officer, Rex S. Wolfe, 304/285-5883 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 ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; BIDS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is issued as Request for Proposal No. RQ98-024. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-4. The request for quotation is being issued unrestricted under Standard Industrial Classification Code 3829 with a size standard of 500 employees. Delivery is desired no later than 30 days after receipt of order The government has a need for force plates to conduct a NIOSH research project entitled "Ergonomic Evaluation of Carpenter Tasks." This project will investigate the effect of work surface firmness, on standing balance and stepping response time in scaffold users, and its interaction with scaffold-end-frame carrying/holding techniques. The information from this study will lead to the better understanding of optimal scaffold firmness and scaffold- end-frame carrying techniques for worker to safely perform their tasks. Offers shall be submitted for the following items which meet the specifications stated below: (001) STRAIN GAUGE BASED FORCE PLATES -- Quantity: FOUR (4) EACH. The four strain gauge based force plates are required for the measurement of forces in three directions for testing of human postural stability and stopping response time. These force plates are intended to provide both normal and shear force data necessary to determine the center of pressure and its changes, and to determine the initiation and completion of human stepping actions. SPECIFICATIONS: The successful bidder shall furnish force plates that permit the above mentioned tasks while meeting the following minimum salient feature requirements: (1) Length(x axis) of at least 600 mm, width (y axis) of at least 400 mm, and height (z axis) of not more than 102 mm (15.75, 23.6, and 4 inches); (2) Strain gauge based, six degree-of-freedom (Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My, Mz) force plate/load transducer; (3) Mounting frames shall not be required; (4) Ability to be mounted to a planer support structure from a horizontal orientation up to at least 45 degrees of angles; (5) Load bearing surface able to easily accept the attachment of different surface materials/plates; (6) Necessary connecting cables from the force plate to a Windows 95 or a Macintosh operating system based computer; (7) User controllable signal amplification (after the pre-amplification) with a gain of one required (having other amplification settings available is not required and is not restricted); (8) A separate quote for any necessary software; (9) A minimum of one (1) year warranty; (10) Normal force (Fz) range of at least +/-6.67 kN (+/-1500 lbs) and shear force (Fx, Fy) range of at least +/-3.55 kN (+/-800 lbs) over entire force plate surface with at least a 50% overload capacity; (11) Normal force (Fz) natural frequency greater than or equal to 500 Hz and shear force (Fx, Fy) natural frequency greater than or equal to 250 Hz; (12) Linearity and hysteresis of at most +/-0.2% of full scale output; (13) Cross- talk typically less than or equal to +/-1.0%; and (14) Operating temperature from 0 to 50 degrees C (32 to 112 degrees F). EVALUATION FACTORS: Offers will be evaluated on their ability to meet or exceed the stated specifications and demonstrated past performance on contracts of similar size and complexity to this requirement Technical proposals and cost or price are approximately equal in importance. The Government intends to make a single award to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to all requirements of the solicitation and is considered the best value to the Government. Offers shall be proposed based on F.O.B. Destination (Morgantown, West Virginia) and the requirements at FAR 52.214.21 "Descriptive Literature" apply. Information provided must clearly demonstrate that all items offered meet or exceed the salient features stated or your offer may be rejected. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. Additionally, the following FAR clauses cited in Clause 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition as follows: 52.222.26 "Equal Opportunity"; 52.222-35 "Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans"; 52.222-36 "Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers"; 52.222-37 "Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of Vietnam Era"; 52.225-3 "Buy American Act -- Supplies"; 52.225-18 "European Community Sanctions for End Products." Facsimile submissions are not authorized. SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING TO: DHHS, PHS, CDC, NIOSH, ALOSH, Attn: Brenda Goodwin, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505: (1) original and two copies of a completed SF 1449, signed by an individual authorized to bind the organization; (2) Pricing Schedule for each contract line item and a delivery schedule for each; (3) descriptive literature and other information demonstrating compliance with specification for evaluation purposes; (4) completed Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, FAR 52,212-3; (5) Past performance information (include names and addresses of Company/ Government Agency, name and telephone numbers of customer contacts along with contract number, and description of work performed with your offer.) and (6) acknowledgment of solicitation amendments, if any. Offers that fail to furnish the required information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. Information regarding this notice can be obtained from Brenda Goodwin at (304)285- 5882 or by fax at (304) 285-6083. All responsible sources may submit a response, which shall be considered by the Agency. (0153)

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