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66 -- 66 II Q -GEOPHYSICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT AND SOL FCGS-X6-98-0273-N POC Dena Gross, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-6630, Fax (703) 305-5537, Email dena.gross@gsa.gov -- Dena Gross, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-6630, Fax (703) 305-5537, Email dena.gross@gsa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=FCGS-X6-98-02 73-N&LocID=5. E-MAIL: Dena Gross, dena.gross@gsa.gov. This announcement is notification of Standing Solicitation Number FCGS-X6-98-0273-N, covering Federal Supply Schedule 66, Part II, Section Q _ covering Geophysical, Environmental Analysis Equipment and Services. This standing solicitation allows vendors to submit offers at anytime. There shall be no closing date for receipt of offers under this solicitation. The Solicitation can be periodically refreshed and downloaded from the Internet at http://www.eps.gov. An option to extend the Term of the Contract Period for 1 additional 5 year period has been included in the solicitation. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option to extend the contract for an additional five (5) years, by providing a written notice to the contractor ten (10) months prior to the expiration of the contract period. When the Government exercises its option to extend the term of this contract, prices in effect at the time the option is exercised will remain in effect during the option period, unless an adjustment is made in accordance with another contract clause (e.g., Economic Price Adjustment Clause or Price Reduction Clause). Current contractors are not required to submit an offer under this solicitation issuance. Contracts awarded under this solicitation will have a contract period beginning on the date of award and will last for a five (5) year period, unless extended under the option period, canceled or terminated. This solicitation has been prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, which implements Title VIII of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994 (Public Law 103-355), the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-106), and the final rule, published as General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Change 76, regarding commercial item acquisitions under the Multiple Award Schedule Program. The contract format and data requirements in this solicitation differ from previous solicitations. Offerors are strongly encouraged to carefully review the entire solicitation package before submission to ensure compliance with commercial item provisions. Contractors are now required to accept the Government purchase card for payments equal to or less than the micro-purchase threshold for oral and written delivery orders. Contractors are encouraged to accept the Government purchase card for payment for orders above the micro-purchase threshold. See GSAM Clause 552.232.77, entitled _Purchase by Credit Card_. This solicitation contains the new clause _Contractor_s Report of Sales_ (552.238-74), which requires the submission of sales on electronic GSA Form 72A via the Internet and _Industrial Funding Fee_ (552.238-76), which requires a 1% due on a calendar quarter schedule. Offerors must include the IFF in their prices. The fee is included in the award price(s) and reflected in the total amount charged to ordering activities. GSA has established a contract sales criterion for all Multiple Award Schedules. Clause I-FSS-639, entitled _Contract Sales Criteria_, states that a contract will not be awarded if the anticipated sales are not expected to exceed $25,000. Contracts will also be canceled unless reported sales for each 12-month period from date of award are $25,000 and above. This Federal Supply Schedule will no longer have a prescribed beginning and ending date. The schedule period will be continuous, and will contain contracts with contract periods that commence on the date of award (DOA) and expire five years (exclusion of any options) from the DOA. Unless otherwise noted in the solicitation, new offers may be forwarded at any time. All requests for a diskette or hard copy of the solicitation should be faxed to (703) 305-5537, Attention: Ms. Dena Gross. Posted 02/11/00 (D-SN424633). (0042)

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