Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration, Procurement Branch, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503

70 -- DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION PRODUCTS SOL EOPOA-99-17 DUE 112398 POC Point of Contact-Lynnae C. Roscoe, 202-395-7670 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is issued as Request for Proposals No. EOPOA-99-17. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-06. This procurement has been set-aside for small businesses. The SIC Code is 3572 and the size standard is 1000 employees. The Office of Administration intends to award a fixed-price contract for the Digital Equpment Corporation products listed below. Contractor shall provide the following items: CLIN 0001, HSJ40-AF CI Storageworks Controller w/32MB Read Cache, QTY 1; CLIN 0002, BA350-SB Single Height Shelf for Swxxx with Dual Speed Blowers (BA35X-MD), QTY 7; CLIN 0003, rz29-va 4.3GB SCSI Disk Drive with Snap-in Carrier, QTY 111; CLIN 0004, Set Cables for BA350, QTY 7. The Office of Administration has the following equipment to offer as trade-in as part of this purchase: RZ26-VA, QTY 43 and RZ28-VA, QTY 14. All proposals shall include a warranty. If refurbished products are offered, they must be identified as refurbished and include a certificate of maintainability from the original equipment manufacturer.. All prices quoted shall be fixed price, F.O.B destination. Delivery is required no later than 30 days from date of award to the following address: EOPOA RDS, Naval Station Anacostia, 2701 S. Capital Street, SW, Bldg., 410, Washington, DC 20373-5824. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items apply to this acquisition with the following addendum: Written offers shall include the names and phone numbers of at least three references who can verify past performance, availability of products, and capability to meet or improve upon delivery schedule. The provisions at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition with the following addendum: Offers will be evaluated in the following descending order of importance: cost with trade-in, availability, warranty, certificate of maintainability, and past performance. Offeror shall include a completed copy of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, and the Contractor Establishment Code (CEC) no. with its offer. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and the following addenda: (1) Any contract awarded as a result of this RFP will contain a clause prohibiting the contractor from referring to this contract in commercial advertising or similar promotions in such a manner as to state or imply that the product or service provided is endorsed of preferred by the White House, the Executive Office of the President, or any other element of the Federal Government or is considered by these entities to be superior to other products or service; (2) Year 2000 Warranty: the Contractor warrants that each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered under this contract and listed below shall be able to accurately process date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations to the extent that other information technology, used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges data/time data with it. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following clauses under paragraph (b) apply: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate 1; 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concern and Small Disadvantage Business Concerns; 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity;52.222-26, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Report on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- Supplies. Proposals must be submitted to the Office of Administration, Procurement Branch, 725 17th Street, NW, Room 5001, Washington, DC, by 2:00 p.m., EST, November 23, 1998. Hand carried proposals may be delivered and time stamped at Room G-1 at the above address. See Note 1. Posted 11/06/98 (D-SN269305). (0310)

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