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D -- CISCO HARDWARE MAINTENANCE SOL CON-00-0021 DUE 032000 POC Contact Point/Phyllis Bryan, Purchasing Agent; Voice: (202) 619-2662; Contracting Officer; Gloria Sweetney; Voice: (202) 619-1623; Facsimile: (202) 205-1921. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Purchasing Agent via e-mail., pbryan@IBB.GOV. The Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB)Office of Contracts, Simplified Acquisition Branch, (CON/SA) has a requirement, subject to availability of funds, to procure full comprehensive maintenance service on the Cisco equipment listed below, using the "Simplified Acquisition Procedures" specified in Part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). This is a combined Notice/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this Notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation for the maintenance service on the below-listed equipment. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation document will not be issued. Price quotations submitted in response to this combined CBD Notice and Request For Quotation (RFQ) No. CON-00-0021 that exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (as specified in FAR Subpart 2.101, Definitions) will not be considered as responsive to this RFQ. For the purpose of this RFQ, all references to "Offers" are understood to be "quotations" and all applicable FAR solicitation provisions and contract clauses up through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-15, are hereby incorporated by reference into this RFQ This solicitation is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside in accordance with FAR Subpart 19.502. The Standard Industrial Code is 7378. Full comprehensive maintenance service is required on the below-listed Cisco routers and components. Maintenance service is to include 4 hours response time; 24 hours per day; 7 days per week; and hardware and software support. The solicitation line items are as follows: Item 1. Model #CISCO4000-M, Topasy, Cisco4000, Memory+, Qty: 1 EA; Item 2. Model #CX-EIP6, Six Port Ethernet I/f Proc, Qty: 8 EA; Item 3. Model #CISCO2501, CISCO 2500 1E2T Router, Qty: 11 EA; Item 4. Model #NP-1E, Single Ethernet Network Proc, Qty: 2 EA; Item 5. Model #NP-2T, Dual Serial Network Proc, Qty: 2 EA; Item 6. Model #CISCO07000, CISCO7000 System, 2 P/S & 1 RP, Qty: 1 EA; Item 7. Model #CX-F91P4, 4 Port Serial I/f Proc, Qty: 1 EA; Item 8. Model #CISCO7507, CISCO 7507 7-Slot, 2 Cybus, 1 RSP2, 2 AC SPLY, Qty: 3 EA; Item 9. Model #AS5201, Ethernet AS5200, Qty: 1 EA; Item 10. Model #CISCO4000, Modular Multiprotocol Router, Qty: 1 EA; Item 11. Model #CISCO3620, 2-Slot Modular Router, Qty: 9 EA; Item 12. Model #CASK, Chassis, WS-X5530-E2, Qty: 1 EA; Item 13. Model #CISCO7206, 6-Slot Chassis, Qty: 1 EA; Item 14. Model #WS-C2948G, Catalyst 2948G Switch, 48 10/100TX, Qty: 7 EA. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC.; PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 1 year from date awarded. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items and 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items are applicable to this procurement. The following FAR clauses are applicable to this procurement: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, including subparagraphs (b) ( 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 23);. Evaluation: The Government will award a firm-fixed price Purchase Order resulting from this solicitation/ request for quotation to the responsible quoter whose quotation, conforming to this RFQ, is the lowest price and is most advantageous to the Government. NOTE: Quoters responding to this RFQ should submit to the below-listed Purchasing Agent the following information: unit and extended price for all requested items, prompt payment terms, correct remittance address if different from the firms mailing address, Tax Identification Number (TIN), DUNS number and a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their price quotation. A company not in possession of the above-referenced FAR clauses or provisions in full text may contact the Purchasing Agent and a copy of the clause(s) or provision(s) will be facsimiled to the company. Price quotations shall be in writing and they shall be accompanied by a completed Representations and Certifications or they will be rejected. A company representative authorized to bind your company must sign the price quotation. Oral quotations will not be accepted for this procurement. Any questions (technical or otherwise) related to this procurement shall be in writing and shall be sent directly and only to the Purchasing Agent, Phyllis Bryan. All price quotations shall be submitted to the Purchasing Agent for this procurement not later than, COB (5:00 EST), Monday, March 20, 2000 and shall reference this RFQ No. CON-00-0021. Price Quotations may be sent via either facsimile (202) 205-1921 or mail to the above address. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 03/01/00 (W-SN430068). (0061)

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