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70 -- GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY HW/SW SOL F33601-99-Q-1720 DUE 041299 POC For copy,, For additional information contact R. Evans/Pkwrs/ [937]257-4872 WEB: Solicitation Not Available on PIXS, notavailable. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail Buyer*****, evansrr@pkwsmtp.wpafb.af.mil. Item 0001 NSN 7030-LP-906-90100 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a quotation is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation F33601-99-Q-1720 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation and incorporated clauses/provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11 and DFARS Change Notice 19990223. This is not a small business set-aside. This is a sole source procurement to Scientific Software, Inc. 1lo. Destn: Wright-Patterson Afb Oh 45433-5309. Delivery:30 Apr 1999 1 lo Item 0002 Purchase of gas chromatography data acquisition systems to support 16 Hewlett Packard 5890/6890 Gas Chromatographs. 3 each EZChrome Elite Client/Server Instrument License, EZServer Hardware and related software and accessories. First year maintenance contract included in system price Delivery is expected to be 30 days after receipt of order, FOB Origin, to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433. The following provisions and clauses are incorpoporated by reference into this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (for paragraph (a), the blanks are completed as follows: "technical capability, price, past performance" and "approximately equal to"); FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (for para. (b), only the following clauses apply: 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36 and 52.222-37); DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (for para. (b), only the following applies: 252.225-7001); and DFARS 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration.! The offeror must return a copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items; and DFARS 252.225- 7000, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program Certificate. Copies of all provisions and clauses, including Offeror Representations and Certifications, are available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Note: All information technology items must be Year 2000 Compliant. Year 2000 Compliant means information technology that accurately processes 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. Furthermore, Year 2000 Compliant information technology, when used in conjunctions with other information technology, shall accurately process date/time data if the other information technology properly exchanges date/time data with it. This is a sole source procurement to Scientific Software, Inc., Pleasanton, CA, under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received no later than 08 Apr 1999 shall be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Point of contact is Ryan Evans, ASC/PKWRS, 937- 257-4872 ext.4429. Fax 937-257-6390. The anticipated award date will be 15 APR 1999. Written procedure will be used for this solicitation. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. All responsible sources solicited may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered. Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(1), Justification: Supplies (or Services) required are available from only one or a limited number of responsible source(s) and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Mr. Stephen J. Plaisted has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. Existence of an Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and, therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact the buyer at the telephone number listed above. When requested the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Mr.Plaisted can be reached at (937) 255-9095,DSN 785-9095. His address is 1790 10th Street, Room 208, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433. Posted 04/06/99 (I-SN317059). (0096)

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