Dept of Justice, Fed Prison Industries, 320 1st Street NW -- Material Mgt Branch, Washington, DC 20534-0001

95 -- EXPANDED METAL SOL 1PI-R-1141-98 DUE 082598 POC Chyrel McPherson, Sr. Contract Specialist (202) 305-7284 Effective October 1, 1998, all solicitations for Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) will be posted on our website. Any vendor requesting copies of a solicitation should refer to our website at http://www.unicor.gov/procurement. Please note UNICOR will no longer issue paper solicitations. This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with information in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation. PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. (ii) Solicitation number is 1PI-R-1141-98 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). (iii) This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-42. (iv) This procurement is Set-Aside for Small Businesses. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 3429, with a small business size standard of 500 Employees. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) is soliciting proposals for a contractor(s) to provide Expanded Metal. A Firm-Fixed Price Requirements type contract is anticipated. This contract will be for a period of five years with an Economic Price Adjustment. The estimated maximum quantities are stated with each line item. Line item 0001, Expanded, 3/4-9X6'X8' L, CQ, C1008-1010, Est. Qty. 6000 Each. Line item 0002, Expanded 3/4-9X7' WX7' L, CQ, C1008-1010, Est. Qty. 500 Each. Line item 0003, Expanded, 3/4-9X4' WX8'L, CQ, C1008-1010, Est. Qty. 500 Each. Please see our web page for actual copy of solicitation and detailed specifications. The required delivery is twenty-one (21) calendar day after issuance of delivery order. All line items are FOB Destination to FCI El Reno, OK. Each offeror is required to provide past performance information for the same/similar product, to include two (2) most recent contract numbers, points of contact/current telephone numbers, type of product provided. iv) Clauses/provisions: FAR Clause 52.212-1 "Instructors to Offerors-Commercial," is hereby included by reference. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1: Paragraph (c) Period of acceptance of offers; the offeror agrees to hold prices their proposal firm for 60 calendars days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Offerors are advised that award may be made without discussions. Award may be made to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer is responsive to the terms of the RFP and is most advantageous to the government. (vi) FAR provisions 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this solicitation and the following evaluation criteria (arranged in their order of importance ) shall be used to evaluate offers: Past Performance/Technical and Price. (vii) FAR Clause 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items shall be completed and submitted with the proposal. (viii) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, (ix) FAR Clause 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to ImplementStatues or Executive Order-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following FAR Clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment, 52.232-34 Optional Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment, 53.216-7 Single or Multiple Awards, 52.217-2, 52.219-6, 52.219-9 52.232-18, 52.216-18 Ordering, 52.216-19 Order Limitation, 52.216-21 Requirements. All interested parties should submit a written offer/proposal on your letterhead agreeing to the terms and conditions stated in this requirement to: Chyrel McPherson, Sr. Contract Specialist, on or before Tuesday, August 25, 1998 by 1:00 p.m to 320 First St., NW, Material Management Branch, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20534. You may telephone inquiries to: (202) 305-7284, fax numbers (202) 305-7363/7365 and E-Mail address, cmcphers@central.unicor.gov. Please indicate your firm size on your offer. Posted 08/10/98 (W-SN234935). (0222)

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