Department of the Treasury, U.S. Secret Service, Procurement Division, 1310 L Street, Room 730, Washington, DC, 20223

70 -- GENERAL PURPOSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT SOL 99-Q-066 DUE 070999 POC Stephanie Gales, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 435-6940, Fax (202) 435-7138, Email None -- George Robertson, Contract Specialist, Phone 202/435-6940, Fax 202/435-7138, Email NONE WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=99-Q-066&LocI D=38. E-MAIL: Stephanie Gales, None. This is a combination 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; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. RFQ 99-Q-066 is issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ). The Solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. This action is a 100% small business set-aside. The SIC Code is 5045 Computers and Computer equipment and the small business size standard is 100. Substitutions for the items listed below is not allowed and will not be considered. The U.S. Secret Service has a requirement to purchase: ONE (1) DL SYS3, Discreet Logic Edit System 4, Option 3, consisting of the following: (A). ONE (1) 128MB, 168PIN, PC 100 Compliant SDRAM 100MRZ, (B). ONE (1) 18 GB IBM LVD, 18GB 7200 68 pin LVD (C).ONE (1) 2940U2W, Ultra 2 LVD SCSI controller, (D) FOUR (4) 36GB IBM Drive, 36GB IBM Hard Drive (E) TEN (10) AIT 25G Tape, back-up tape w/MIC, (F). ONE (1) AIT50SEA, Seagate AIT 50 DRIVE (G). TWO (2) DIGIDESK Cables (H). ONE (1) DIGIDESKTOP, dual monitor display adapter (I). ONE (1) DL Edit 3, discreet Logic edit 4.0 option 3 (J). ONE (1) DL Paint-Effect, Effect 2.0 opt 2 (K). ONE (1) Ethernet NIC, Intel 100 base TX ethernet card. (L) ONE (1) Exec Prod Cabl, RS422 to RS232 adapter for deck control (M). ONE (1) CUSTOM KEYCAPS (N). ONE (1) Keytronic, keyboard, (O). ONE (1) Logimouse, 3 button mouse, (P) TWO (2) MON 19 IBM BL HI, high end black monitor 19 inch. (Q). ONE (1) PII 450, intel processor, (R) ONE (1) Rack Array Kit, black rackmount drive case (S) ONE (1) Rack Comp, black rackmount CPU, with dual PII MB, one CPU, 256 SDRAM (T). ONE (1) SDX 3D, Targa (SDX 3D) w/MADRAS transcorder (U).ONE (1) TITLEMO edit, title motion for edit (V). TWO (2) TRAINDAY, Training Days (W). ONE (1) VIEW1400UPS, Viewsonic 1400VA UPS (X). ONE (1) WINDOWSNT,WINDOWS NT 4. ADDITIONAL REQUIRMENTS (1). Factory Certified Technical Support, (2). 3 Hour response time for emergency services, and (3) In-house expertise for technical support, such as working Editiors and Engineers on staff. Delivery Location will be coordinated at time of award. Delivery is required 30 Day After Receipt of Order. The following FAR Provisions are applicable to this RFP -- FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial; Far 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. Offerors must include a signed copy of the Representation and Certifications with their offers. Copies of the Representation and Certifications are available on-line at http://www.treas.gov/usss/proc. The contract specialist will not accept telephone calls requests for copies of the FAR Provisions. The offeror shall provide three (3) business references of customers, preferably other Government Agencies who have purchased equipment of a similar nature (Note: The Contractor may list the USSS as one of the three references for Past Performance). The USSS will contact the references to check on the offeror's past performance with regard to timeliness and quality of delivery, and other measures of customer satisfaction. The offeror shall provide the company name, address, phone number, and contact point for each of the references. The combined information shall be evaluated as Pass, Fail or Neutral. An evaluation of Pass or Neutral must be made for past performance to be acceptable. In event of a Fail evaluation, offerors will be given opportunity to rebut negative comments in accordance with the procedures out lined in FAR part 15. The Government intends to award a single firm fixed price contract to the responsible offeror with acceptable past performance whose proposal, conforming to the specifications and items listed herein, will be the most price advantageous to the Government. Offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified for a given equipment model. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer. All offers, which shall include the price proposals and signed copy of the Representations and Certifications, shall be mailed to the U.S. Secret Service, Procurement Division, 1310 L Street N.W., Suite 730, Washington, DC 20223, Attn: Stephanie Gales, for receipt no later than 3:00 P.M. July 9, 1999. Award is anticipated within two weeks after receipt of proposals. See numbered note Posted 06/28/99 (D-SN347972). (0179)

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