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

35 -- UNIVERSAL TEST MACHINE SOL 1pi_Q-0093-99 DUE 121098 POC Chyrel McPherson, Sr. Contracting Officer (202) 305-7284 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFQ,www.unicor.gov/procurement/metals. E-Mail: cmcphers@central.unicor.gov. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., intends to enter into a Firm-Fixed Price sole source requirement with Applied Test Systems, Inc., 348 New Castle Road, Bulter, PA 16003 for a Universal Test Machine (Pull-Tester, Applied Systems Inc-P/N). Stock Number PDCEP0068 C, Pull-Tester Model #1620CC, Manufact* Applied-Test-Systems, Inc., P/N. NOTE: Universal Test Machine, Load frame capacity: 22,500 LB.. (100.0KN), power requirements: 230 VAC, 3 PH 60 HZ. System include the following standard equipment: Series 1620 Twin ball screw belt drive load from as follows: Horizontal Clearance: 22 3/4in. (580) mm); Vertical Clearance and Crosshead travel 47 in (1195 mm), Speed range: 0.002-20 in./min (0.05-510 mm/min).; Emergency Stop System, overtravel limits; preloaded all screws. Control system/conditioning hardware: 2 analog inputs + Crosshead displacement; 4 user selectable virtual channels; computer or manual controlled Crosshead movement; control on displacement, load, strain, or other user definable analog transducer. Single speed tests, two speed tests, segmented tests, and cyclic test based on load, strain or displacement. Data Acquisition and analysis software: Software: Test version 1.2.033 user defined test template set-p-up and storage. Units of measure: English or metric. Data file management, storage and recall. Compatible with Word and Excel for Windows NT, in an ASCII Data file format. Batch or sample analysis: Standard analysis and statistics sets. User defined analysis and statistics set from selected calculation, templates data files and reports. Compatible with Novell Network. (Control card and driver not included). Data acquisition (A/D) rate to be 10KHz Aggregate rate. Hardware: IBM Compatible Cyrix-200MHz, 1 Parallel Printer Port. 2 Serial Ports. Keyboard and Mouse, 2 MB PCI Trident 9680 W/M peg., 32 Megabyte RAM. Hard Disk Drive (1.44 Megabyte 3 1/2in), high resolution color monitor (SVGA). Diagnostic, Maintenance and setup, utilized to be provided to aid service personnel or skilled operators in fault location to the module level. Auto-Calibration recognition. Temperature measurement and control. Manual test mode is accessible from a single menu with the following function: Up, Down, Stop, Return to Zero, increase or decreased speed. The following parameters will be displayed during a test: Real time graph, current load, displacement, and stress. The following functions are available: Entry of units, speed select, specimen dimension input, and manual zero. Testing with or without specimen inputs. The end of the test allows the following results displayed digitally. Selections for printing of storing data. Capability to return system to zero, then start new test. The required delivery is sixty (60) calendar days after award of contract. Delivery is FOB Destination to Federal Prison Industries, Product Supply Center, 9595 West Quincy Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123. This notice is not arequest for quotations. Interested offerors may submit a quotation, which will be considered by this agency, however, a determination by the Government not to quote this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This quotation can to downloaded a copy of the quotation (RFQ),www.unicor.gov/procurement/metals. E-Mail:cmcphers@central.unicor.gov. Provisions FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1: Paragraph (c) Period of acceptance of offers; the offeror agrees to hold their prices of their quote firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes. Provision FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, price shall be evaluated by multiplying each offeror's proposed unit price by the each line item, taking into consideration any applicable Buy American differentials. Discounts for early payments, if offered, will not be considered in the evaluation for award. Each reference must contain the name, address and telephone number of the company or government agency for which a contract was performed as well as a contact person, and contract number if applicable. Vendors must include a completed copy of FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their offer. Any quotes that reject the terms and conditions of this solicitation or do not include the certifications and representations contained in FAR 52.212-3 may be excluded from consideration. The following clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, and FAR Provision 52.215-5, Facsimile Proposals, to the attention of Chyrel McPherson, Contracting Officer at (202)305-7363 or 7365. Vendors may submit quotes to UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., ATTN: Bid Custodian, Material Management Branch, 400 First St., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20534. Quotes may be submitted on the Standard Form 1449 or on your company letterhead. The due date and time of receipt of offerors is 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, December 10, 1998. All quotes must reference the quotation number 1PI-Q-0093-99 and the due date for receipt of quotes, name, address and telephone number, and discount terms that is offered and discount terms. If quote is not submitted on a Standard Form 1449, you must include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms and conditions of this quotation. Posted 11/23/98 (W-SN274191). (0327)

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