FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, 700 Robbins Ave., Bldg. = 2B,=20 Philadelphia, PA 19111

Q -- LABORATORY TESTING KITS SOL N00140-99-Q-2923 DUE 081799 POC Point of Contact =96 Phillip Evans, Contract Negotiator, = 215-697-9673,=20 Contracting Officer P. R. Russial, 215-697-9670 E-MAIL: CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE BID OFFICER, SYNOPSIS@PHIL.FISC.NAVY.MIL. This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items = prepared in=20 accordance with the information in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented = with the=20 additional information included in this notice. This announcement = constitutes=20 the only solicitation; written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER = COPIES=20 OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. The RFQ number is = N00140-99-Q-2923=20 using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under the test program for = commercial=20 items found at FAR 13.5. The solicitation document and incorporated = provisions=20 and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular = 97-11 and=20 DFARS 19990503. It is the contractor=92s responsibility to be = familiar with=20 the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in = full=20 text at these addresses: www.arnet.gov/far and www.dtic.mil/dfars. This = is a=20 sole source action with Cytyc Corporation. The applicable standard = industrial=20 classification code is 8734 and a small business size standard of five = million=20 dollars. FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia intends to award a firm = fixed=20 price contract for a 12-month period, effective October 1, 1999, to = Cytyc=20 Corporation 85 Swanson Road, Boxborough, MA 01719. FISC Norfolk = Detachment=20 Philadelphia intends to acquire ThinPrep Pap Test Packages for the = Naval=20 Hospital Great Lakes, IL: -CLIN 0001- ThinPrep Pap Test Packages =96 24 = PG (P/N=20 70096-001) supplies for 500 Tests to include: Broom Like Collection = device, 500=20 GYN Transcyt Filters (clear); -600 Vials of Preservcyt Solution for = ThinPrep=20 Pap Test; (8), =BD Gross Boxes of ThinPrep Microscope Slides; 600 = Wallace=20 Papette Collection Devices. CLIN 0002- ThinPrep Pap Test Package- 6 PG = (P/N:=20 70137-001): 500 GYN Transcyt Filters (clear); (8), =BD Gross Boxes of = ThinPrep=20 Microscope Slides. Delivery: The delivery schedule for CLINS 0001 and = 0002 are=20 as follows: CLIN 0001- October 1999(2), November 1999(2), December 1999= (2),=20 January 2000 (2), February 2000 (2), March 2000 (2), April 2000 (2), = May 2000=20 (2) June 2000 (2), July 2000 (2), August 2000 (2) and September 2000 = (2). CLIN=20 0002 =96 October 1999 (1), December 1999 (1), February 2000 (1), April = 2000 (1),=20 June 2000 (1) and August 2000 (1). All items are required to be = delivered on=20 the first Monday of the month. All items are required to be delivered = to Naval=20 Hospital, Laboratory Department 3001-A 6th Street, Great Lakes, IL = 60088-5255=20 Attn: Hm2 H. Koziczkowski. =20 The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and = are=20 incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1 (Instructions to = Offerors-Commercial=20 Items) 52.212-3 (Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial = Items)=20 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.212-5 = Contract=20 Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive=20 Orders-Commercial Items) is applicable with the following additional = FAR=20 clauses cited in the clause: 52.203-6, 52.219-8, 52.222-21, 52.222-23, = 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.232-33.=20 The following DFAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation = and are=20 incorporated by reference: DFAR 252.212.7000- Offeror Representation = and Certification-Commercials Item, DFAR 252.212-7001-Contracting Terms and = Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders Applicable = To=20 Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items, 252.204-7004. The Evaluation = Procedures for this requirement are as such: The Government intends to = make a=20 single award to the eligible, responsible offeror whose total offer on = all=20 items is the lowest priced. Award will be negotiated with Cytyc = Corporation=20 under authority FAR 6.302-1. Cytyc Corporation is considered to be the = only=20 manufacturer that can provide the above supplies. Proposals in response = to the=20 solicitation must be submitted with the instructions set in FAR = 52.212-1=20 paragraph (b). The proposal received must include price proposal and be = in=20 agreement with all terms, conditions and provisions of the solicitation = on=20 company letterhead. Proposal must include technical information and = remittance=20 address. This announcement will close at 4:00 PM EST on 29 June 1999. = Contact=20 Mr. Phillip Evans who can reached at (215) 697-9673 or email=20 phillip_d_evans@phil.fisc.navy.mil. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A = REQUEST FOR=20 COMPETITIVE PROPSALS. A determination by the Government not to open = the=20 requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is = solely within=20 the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not = acceptable in=20 response to this notice solely within the discretion of the Government. = =20 Responses shall be sent to FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, 700 = Robbins=20 Avenue, Building 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5083, Attn: Bid Room, Code = 02P52I=20 and should reference N00140-99-Q-2923.=20 Posted 07/23/99 (D-SN358322). (0204)

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