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W -- LEASE TO PURCHASE TREE TRIMMING MACHINE SOL 99SW47178 POC Contact Paula Cheney, Contract Specialist, 918/595.6661 or Pauletta Johnson, Contracting Officer, 918/595.6660 E-MAIL: Southwestern Power Administration, cheney@swpa.gov or johnsonp@swpa.gov. 17. This is not a notice for a solicitation. This announcement is for market research purposes. Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) is requesting information from commercial sources regarding a three year lease to purchase a tree trimming machine with a telescopic boom. The machine will be used at one of Southwestern's maintenance facilities to perform high voltage power line right-of-way side clearing of trees to assist in preventing power outages to customers due to trees and tree limbs growing into the phase conductors. The machine is to have standard wheeled vehicle features and must have the following: Rubber tires; Maximum cutting height of 75 feet; 360 degree rotation; Operates off of all quadrants without outriggers; Hydraulic motor operated single cutting blade; and Operated by hydraulics to run the boom and traction independently and continuously. Delivery is to made by the lessor F.O.B. origin to the Gore Maintenance Facility and by the date September 15, 1999. Responses from firms who believe they can provide the leasing services for this type of machine should include lease agreement, terms, conditions, warranties with full technical documentation and descriptive literature on the machine in such detail to enable the Government to confirm the submitter's capabilities to provide the required type of machine. Publicly available commercial pricing information is also requested in as much detail as possible. Any pricing information submitted that is not publicly available will not be utilized. Neither a draft statement of work nor specifications are available. No formal solicitation or contract will result from this synopsis for industry information. Southwestern will not pay for information provided in response to this synopsis. Based on information available at this time, the Government considers the required leasing services to be a sole source and plans to enter into noncompetitive discussions with First Commerce Leasing Corporation of Birmingham, AL. The Contracting Officer plansto acquire the leasing services pursuant to FAR 13.5-Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. Technical and commercial pricing information responding to this synopsis must be received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis. Facsimile No. is (918) 595-6656. E-mail addresses are johnsonp@swpa.gov and cheney@swpa.gov. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 06/09/99 (W-SN340836). (0160)

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