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61 -- BATTERIES SOL 1PI-R-1169-98 DUE 101698 POC Lisabeth Day, Contract Specialist, (202) 305-7304 or FAX (202) 305-7363 WEB: Download copy of solicitation and amendments, www.unicor.gov/procurement. E-MAIL: Amendment 003 to previous solicitation, LDay@central.unicor.gov. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries amendment 0003 for combined cbd synopsis/solicitation dated 9/4/98 on solicitation number 1PI-R-1169-98 has been amended as follows: 1) include special contract requirements for an economic price adjustment (EPA). Clause shall read as "Every twelve (12) months after contract award date, contract prices for the succeeding 12 months may be adjusted in accordance with the change in the Producer Price Index for Primary Metal products, Industry Code 3399, and The Employment and Earnings Classification Code 339 ( Miscellaneous primary metal products, from the date of award to the date of adjustment. It is the contractor's responsibility to request this adjustment. Adjustments may be requested for a period not to exceed 30 days after the eligible adjustment date. Requests that are made after the 30-day limit will not be honored and the contract pricing will not be adjusted. The contractor shall submit any requests for adjustments in writing to the Contracting Officer, identified in Section G. Requests shall include a copy of the relevant index and must be within the allowed time period for adjustment. Any adjustments authorized as a result of the adjustment request will not be retroactive. The date the completed request is received by the Contracting Officer will be the effective date of any changes in price. The contractor also is required to request downward price adjustments. All downward adjustments will be retroactive to the authorized adjustment date as specified in this clause. If downward price adjustments are not requested and this is later revealed through audits or otherwise, the contractor shall reimburse the Government the amount overcharged plus interest. Interest will be computed at the rate set annually by the Secretary of the Treasury for late contract payments. Interest will accrue from the date the adjustment should have been made. In computing any contract price adjustment, the most recently published index as of the date of award will be compared to the most recently published index as of the date of adjustment. No adjustment shall be made if the referenced change is less than 2%. Total upward adjustment for the contract period shall not exceed 10%, per year, based on the original contract price; downward adjustment are not limited. Indices are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 600 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20212, telephone (202) 606-7706. You can also retrieve this information from the Internet at www.stats.bls.gov:80/cgi-bin/srgat. 2) Estimated maximum quantity for line items 0008 through 0011 are 40 each. 3) Closing date is hereby extended until 10/16/98 at 1:00 Eastern Standard Time. Posted 10/09/98 (W-SN261110). (0282)

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