Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Code 1164, 300 Highway 361, Crane, In 47522-5001

P -- PREPARATION AND DISPOSAL OF EXCESS AND SURPLUS PROPERTY SOL N00164-97-D-0016 POC Ms. Hilda Quillen, telephone 812-854-2422, fax 812-854-5666, e-mail quillen_h@crane.navy.mil WEB: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division's homepage, www.crane.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NAVSURFWARCENDIV), Crane, IN awarded contract N00164-97-D-0016 to Toxco, Incorporated 08 July 1997. Toxco was awarded the contract under full and open competition procedures. The contract was for the transportation and dispositioning of Government-owned, 570 lb lithium thionyl chloride batteries. The contract was awarded to Toxco to disposition what the Government thought was the total quantity of 4,569 units. The Government places delivery orders against the contract as batteries are discharged by the Government. The contract is still on-going. Under the pricing schedule, Toxco receives somewhere between $1,470 and $1,656 for each battery they disposition depending on when the order is placed and the quantity of a given delivery order. In recent months, the Government has discovered that the quantity of batteries that must be dispositioned is 4,800 rather than 4,569. The Government intends to modify the existing contract to increase the maximum quantity from 4,569 to 4,800 under procedures in FAR 6.302-1. It would not be practical nor cost effective for the Government to pursue competitive procedures for this quantity increase due to procurement costs, proposal costs, and required investment by other potential sources. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. See numbered Note 22. Posted 11/04/99 (W-SN398111). (0308)

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