USDA, Forest Service, Region 1, Procurement and Property, P.O. Box 7669, Missoula, MT 59807

53 -- PADLOCKS SOL R1-00-03 DUE 011400 POC For additional information contact Lynette Band at (406) 329-3007 or Selena Bartels at (406) 329-3229. E-MAIL: USDA Forest Service, Region 1, Acquisition Management, lband/r1@fs.fed.us. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. R1-00-03 is issued as a Request for Proposals. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-14. This solicitation is unrestricted. The standard industrial code (SIC) for this procurement is 3499, Fabricated Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified. The Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. Item descriptions and quantities are as follows: Line Item 01 -- Padlocks, equal or better than Yale 7324. Keyed to Forest Service keyway. No keys. 13,500 units are needed. Line Item 02 -- Keys, FS, marked "Do Not Duplicate". Packaged 50 to a box (160 boxes total) 8,000 units are needed. Line Item 03 -- Cylinder with cylinder ring, equal or better than Yale 1152. Keyed to FS keyway. 1 1/4 inch size (1 1/4"). Each cylinder shall be individually boxed and labeled and ready for shipment, as needed. Six hundred (600) units are needed. Items will be used nationwide by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, to secure real property, such as: buildings, storage areas, perimeter gates, forest road gates, and fuel pumps. Locks must function in all expected weather conditions. Locks shall resist corrosion. Locks shall resist tampering. All locks shall be keyed to the Forest Service keyway. One key is used by all Forest Service personnel. All items shall have US4 finish (dull brass). Padlock shall have a minimum of one and one half inches (1 1/2") and a maximum of two inches (2") vertical clearance on the shank when lock is in the closed position. Padlock shall have a hardened steek shackle with a pull test strength of 1500 pounds tensile force or greater. Padlock shall be stamp marked "FS". NO keys shall be provided with the padlock. The Forest Service Keyway is FL26525 and is a 5 pin keyway. Keys shall be marked "Do Not Duplicate". Padlock shall be individually wrapped with six to ten (6) per box and sixty (60) padlocks per case (225 cases total). All boxes for all items shall be labeled at ends with the Contract Number, Item Number, Contents and Quantity. Delivery destination for Line Item 01 is USDA Forest Service, Regional Field Service Facility, 1615 Catlin Street, Missoula, Montana 59801. Delivery time for Line Item 01 shall be 60 days after contract award. Line Items 02 and 03 shall be delivered 60 days after contract award. Delivery destination for Line Items 02 and 03 is USDA Forest Service, 200 East Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59807. Invoices shall be submitted to: USDA Forest Service, Procurement and Property, P.O. Box 7669, Federal Building, Missoula, Montana 59807. Offeror shall submit five (5) padlocks for product testing. Locks shall be submitted with the Contractor's initial proposal. Samples will be destroyed in testing. Offeror may use readily available product literature to provide a technical description of the products offered. The following FAR clauses shall apply: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items -- Offeror shall include a completed copy of this provision with their proposal; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- Supplies; and 52.225-21, Buy American Act — North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act -- Balance of Payments Program. Offers, including all technical data required, any completed certifications and padlock samples should be sent to Contracting Officer Selena Bartels at USDA Forest Service, Regional Office, PO Box 7669, (200 East Broadway), Federal Building, Missoula, Montana 59807. Offers are due by Close of Business January 14, 2000. Posted 12/16/99 (W-SN409403). (0350)

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