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66 -- CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND CLINICAL INSTRUMENTS SOL FCGS-W6-98-0310-N POC Rebecca Rudy, Contracting Officer, Phone (703) 305-5923, Fax (703) 305-5537, Email rebecca.rudy@gsa.gov -- Leena Scott, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-5124, Fax (703) 305-5537, Email leena.scott@gsa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://eps.arnet.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ActionCode=P&;ProjectID=FCG S-W6-98-0310-N&LocationID=5. E-MAIL: Rebecca Rudy, rebecca.rudy@gsa.gov. The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Supply Service (FSS), Scientific Equipment Division (FCGS), invites you to participate in our new Worldwide Multiple Award, Federal Supply Schedule Solicitation for FSC Group 66, Part II, Section N, covering Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Clinical Instruments. This solicitation includes all items currently under FSC Group 66, Part II, Section A, M, and N. Federal Supply Schedule 66, Part II, Section A, M, and N have been replaced with this new Schedule 66, Part II, Section N. The following categories are solicited: Class 6630 -- Chemical Analysis Instruments, Chemistry Analyzers, for Blood Serum and/or Urine. Class 6635 -- Physical Properties Testing and Equipment. Class 6640 -- Dilutors, Pipettors and Pipetting System. Class 6650 -- Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components and Accessories. Offerors are advised that this new solicitation is a "standing" solicitation, which will remain in effect until refreshed or replaced by an updatedsolicitation. There is no specified date and time for receipt of offers, offerors may submit their offer for consideration at any time. Offerors shall respond with two (2) hard copies of their proposal. Telecopier proposals, and telecopier of withdrawals of proposals are not permitted and will be disregarded if received. New to this solicitation is the option to lease equipment to the Federal Government. Offerors must comply with all regulatory requirements, guidelines, and/or standards, which govern the particular equipment and are of commercial practice. Commercial price lists, which contain all the terms and conditions must be submitted at the time of offer. Product Support Options are also solicited, which will cover such areas as: Equipment Maintenance and Repair, Pre-Purchase Calibration, Post-Purchase Calibration, Extended Warranty, Service Agreements, Technical Training and Support, and Technical Application Development Support. The offeror of these services must be an Original Equipment Manufacturer(OEM) or be OEM certified and approved. Offerors must comply with all regulatory requirements, guidelines, and/or standards, which govern the particular equipment and are of commercial practice. Commercial price lists, which contain all the terms and conditions must be submitted at the time of offer. Also new to this solicitation is the Introduction to New Products Special Item Number (SIN), previously the New Technology SIN. Offeror's must be capable of demonstrating that the product meets at least one of the following three conditions: (1) performs a new task or procedure not currently available under any GSA contract, (2) performs an old task or procedure in a new way, which technically exceeds current products, or (3) improves an existing product so significantly that the Government customer's will be negatively impacted if the product is not added to the schedule. The offered product must be classifiable under FSC Group 66, Part II, Section N. Also, there are no similar items currently available under an existing SIN or pending acquisition and the product could be included in an existing SIN or has the potential for inclusion within the schedule with a new SIN. Offeror's must understand that there is no implied guarantee that the product will be recognized and accepted as a new product. Be advised; products awarded under this SIN must meet a contract sales criterion in order to be permanently placed under this schedule. Sales of the new product(s) must exceed $25,000 for the first 24-month period or the contract may be canceled. Solicitation Number FCGS-W6-98-0310-N covering the above products and services will be written in Microsoft Word Version 7.0 and issued on or about Friday, November 6, 1998. The solicitation will be available for downloading from the Internet at http://eps.arnet.gov/. Please check the Federal Supply Service (FSS) Home Page at http://www.fss.gsa.gov and click on "Solicitations". Also, you may go to the Scientific Home Page at http://pub.fss.gsa.gov/scientific to obtain a copy and acquire information on this solicitation. The new solicitation will also be available on diskette and in hard copy. All requests for diskette or hard copy of the solicitation should be faxed to: (703) 305-5537, Attention: Ms. Rebecca Rudy or Ms. Leena Scott. Current contractors who already have a current contract under Schedules 66 II A, M, and N are NOT required to submit a new offer under this solicitation. Current contractors will be issued a contract modification that incorporates all changes. This solicitation shall not solicit, nor will there be any acquisition of products which are not U.S. made end products, designated country end products, Caribbean basin country end products, or Mexican end products in accordance with FAR 25.402(c). All products which process date/time data must be compliant with the year 2000 (Y2K) Warranty requirements. The solicitation incorporates the new commercial acquisition policies, provisions, and clauses in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. Products offered whichare not commercial items in accordance with FAR Part 2.101 are excluded from this solicitation. Offeror's are notified that any awards resulting from this solicitation will be made as an Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity, FOB Destination type contract and the schedule is non-mandatory for Government users. Contractor's are now required to accept the Government purchase card for payment equal to or less than the micro-purchase threshold for oral and written delivery orders. GSA has established a contract sales criterion for all Multiple Award Schedules. Contracts will not be award if the anticipated sales are not expected to exceed $25,000. Contracts awarded under this solicitation will have variable contract periods; i.e., the schedule period will be continuous. All contracts awarded under this solicitation will be in effect from the date of award for a period of five (5) years (exclusive of any options) from the date of award. The Government will award contracts for identical items when offers are determined to be fair and reasonable to the Government. This solicitation contains mandatory requirements for the reporting of all sales that are made under contract to be submitted quarterly via the Internet. A 1% Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) payment to be made payable to GSA of those quarterly sales. Posted 11/03/98 (D-SN267789). (0307)

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