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99 -- UPDATING AUDIO/VISUAL CAPABILITIES FOR THE VOLPE CENTER SOL DTRS57-99-R-00025 DUE 071699 POC Point of Contact -- Aracelis Spaulding, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2979 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, spauldinga@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Systems center is in the process of updating the audio-visual capabilities of three of its meeting/conference rooms. 1) The Contractor shall provide the following type of equipment: Multimedia Projector and Projector Ceiling Mount, Electric Front Projection Screen with Low Voltage Switch Control, Touch Panel A-V Control System, Videoconferencing System, Electronic Whiteboard, Multimedia Personal Computer, Wireless Mouse/Laser Pointer (combination), Color Inkjet Printer, 2-input Computer Interface with buffered audio, Modular AV Connector Plate and Input Modules, Audio Line Balancing Interface, Ceiling-mounted Omnidirectional Microphones, Custom AV Connector Plate, Document Camera, S-VHS VCR, DVD Player, Automatic Audio Mixer, Audio Mixer, Aud io Mixer Remote Control, Audio Power Amplifier, In-Ceiling Flush-Mounted Speakers, Video Switcher, Audio Switcher, Rear-Projection Monitor, Lectern Combination System, White Board, Rack Mount System, Miscellaneous Cables, Connectors, and Fittings for Installation and Integration, S-VHS VCR, Stereo A-V Receiver, Wall-Mounted Plasma Flat-Panel Video Display, Multimedia Personal Computer, Bookshelf Speakers (to be wall-mounted), and 2) The Contractor shall provide engineering, programming, and installation of the above items, which are to be integrated as a new installation along with two wireless microphones and a Dual-Well audiocassette recorder that the Government shall provide as Government furnished equipment. Will also integrate this equipment with other A-V and computer facilities within Volpe campus, document design and operation of installed equipment. This procurement will be conducted as a commercial acquisition under FAR Part 12. A Firm-Fixed-Price contract is anticipated. The delivery and installation of all equipment shall be completed on or before 60 days after contract award. This is a small business set-aside; the applicable SIC Code is 3651. The size standard is no more than 750 employees. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available on a WWW server, which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home pages is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic n otification of the solicitation s posting and availability for downloading may register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices. The responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. The following notice is notice for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short Term LendingProgram (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts rec eivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000. With interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official above. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 07/07/99 (D-SN351170). (0188)

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