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70 -- ADP CABLE AND CONNECTORS SOL RFQ453-0001 DUE 092198 POC Mary Doyle, Supervisory Contract Monitor (919)856-4765 The Federal Medical Center, Butner, North Carolina has a requirement for ADP cable and connectors. This is a combined synopsis/request for quotation 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; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, RFQ453-0001, is issued as a Request for Quotations. This solicitation is a 100% set-aside for small business, with a Standard Industrial Classification [sic] of 5045. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-07. Line item 001 -- IBM PC adapter card 8ft DB9M to DATCN (Belkin -- A2D241-08) or equal quantity=1,000 each; Line item 002 -- Cables to go TR STP Hub to Patch Panel Cable (Belkin A2D278-08) or equal -- quantity=1,000 each; Line item 003 -- IBM Type 1 HepmaphCable Connector (1-554000) or equal -- quantity=2,000 each; Line item 004 -- Synergy fiber two strand patch cables ST Connectors -- 8ft length (Belkin AF2F20200-08) or equal -- quantity=50 each; Line item 005 -- 32 Port Data Connect Patch Panel IBM Type 1 (ABL-1024) or equal -- quantity=50 each. Delivery is FOB destination to Federal Medical Center, Old Highway 75, Butner, North Carolina 27509. Delivery is required on or about October 30, 1998. Any interested/qualified source who can provide the required equipment must respond by 3:00 PM on September 21, 1998. All such responses will be evaluated in order to determine the ability to meet the requirement. 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. The offerors shall identify where the offered item meets or does not meet each of the Government functional and performance minimum specifications listed herein. Responses shall include literature, brochures, and other such information corresponding to the required items which demonstrate the capabilities of the offeror's equipment. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply: FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offeror's -- Commercial Items; paragraph (h) multiple awards, is not applicable to this requirement: FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, shall be completed and submitted with proposals; FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and conditions required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items; the following clauses are hereby incorporated by reference in paragraph (b); 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 of the Vietnam Era: 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- Supplies, JAR Clause 2852.211-70, Brand Name or Equal. Offers shall be received by 3:00 PM local time September 21, 1998, at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center, Attn: Mary Doyle, Contracting Officer, 310 New Bern Ave., Room 274, Raleigh, NC 27601. All quotations shall be clearly marked with the offeror's name and RFQ number. For additional information, questions, and availability of forms, please contact Mary Doyle at (919)856-4765. Posted 09/08/98 (I-SN246976). (0251)

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