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65 -- BULK TRUCK SOL 0002 DUE 032300 POC Guy Baratte, Purchasing Agent (301) 402-2282/Carolyn Sentz, Contracting Officer (301) 402-2282 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ). This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a Small Business Set-Aside. The associated Standard Industrial Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3799. SCHEDULE: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases intends to procure twenty-four (24) stainless steel, three-sided bulk trucks for animal storage and transportation. Four (4) of the trucks should be made of stainless steel, be three-sided and have stainless steel casters and autoclavable/phenolic wheels. The approximate overall dimensions of each truck should be twenty-eight inches deep by sixty inches wide by sixty inches high (28"D X 60"W X 60"H). Each truck should have a removable support grid mounted on its front upper third. Twenty (20) of the trucks should be made of custom stainless steel, be three-sided and have stainless steel casters and autoclavable/phenolic wheels. The approximate overall dimensions of each of these trucks should be twenty-seven inches deep by forty-five inches wide by seventy-seven inches high (27"D X 45"W X 77"H). The approximate inside dimensions of each of these trucks should be twenty-five and one-half inches deep by forty-two inches wide (25.5"D X 42"W). Each of these trucks should also have a removable support grid mounted on its front upper third. Delivery location is National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892 and shall be inside delivery. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items; FAR 52.212.3 Offeror Representationsand Certifications Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contractor Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items. FAR 225.3 Buy American Act applies. Offerors must include with their offer a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The Government intends to make a Best Value Buy to the responsible offeror whose offer is most advantageous to the government. Evaluation will include 1) the technical capability of the item offered to meet the agency need and 2) price. Warranty information must include period of coverage. Offers must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), March 24, 2000, to Mr. Guy R. Baratte. Copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request by telephone to Mr. Guy R. Baratte at (301) 402-2282. For delivery through the Postal Service, the address is Room 1130; NIH/NIAID/AMOB; 6700B Rockledge Drive MSC 7605; Bethesda, MD 20892-7605. Electronic submission will not be accepted. Request for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Mr. Guy R. Baratte at (301) 402-2282. Collect calls will not be accepted. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency. Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429648). (0060)

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