Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

69 -- NORTEL TRAINING VIDEOS SOL S-LMAQM-00-Q-0068 DUE 061200 POC Lanah B. Hamrick, (703)875-6842/Contracting Officer WEB: NA, NA. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, HamrickLB@state.gov. This is a combined synopsis/request for quotations 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 that will be issued; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Telephone requests for a solicitation will not be accepted. The applicable solicitation number is S-LMAQM-00-Q-0068, which is issued as a request for quotations. The request for quotations document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15. The Department of State requires seventy (70) each of the following Nortel Meridian 1/Meridian Applications Training Videos: Course No. V003, Combination Single Line and Multiline Set Video; Course V008, Meridian Mail Overview and Meridian Mail Feature Operations Video; Course No. V012, Meridian Mail Reporter -- Getting Started Video; and Course V021, Attendant Console Feature Operations Video. Products other than those listed herein shall not be offered. Technical data and the rights in that data are required only as provided to the public with these commercial items. No services are required. Delivery Requirements: Delivery of quantity 70 of each of the four video courses listed herein shall be f.o.b. destination to the Office of Information Resource Management, Foreign Posts Telephone Branch, 7500 Boston Boulevard (State Annex 21), Springfield, Virginia 22153. Delivery shall be within 30 days of receipt of a funded purchase order. Marking: All shipments shall be marked "For Foreign Posts Telephone Branch". Instructions to offerors: Prices. Offerors shall provide an f.o.b. destination unit price for each of the four video courses. Failure to provide a unit price and total price for any of the items may result in elimination of the proposal from consideration for award. The proposals shall be prepared in accordance with FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, which is incorporated by reference. Evaluation and award: The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this RFQ to the responsible vendor whose proposal meets the following evaluation criteria: (a) Ability to provide the training videos specified in the RFP, (b) ability to deliver all of the specified items in the quantities required within 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of a funded delivery order, and (c) lowest price. Offerors shall complete FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, and return with the proposal. The following clauses apply to this acquisition and will become part of the awarded purchase order. By reference: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination; and DOSAR 652-225-72, Section 8(a) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended. Under FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, the contractor agrees to comply with: 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 562.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (E.O.'s 12722, 12724, 13059 and 13067); and 52.233-3, Protest After Award. The contractor also agrees to comply with the following FAR Clauses incorporated by the contracting officer: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, Alternate I; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note), Alternate I*; 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products; and 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer -- Other Than Central Contractor Registration. These clauses will be incorporated in the resulting purchase order. Proposals may be mailed to the address listed at the beginning of this synopsis, or sent by express mail or hand-carried to U.S. Department of State, Attn: L.B. Hamrick, 1701 North Ft. Myer Drive (enter building via 17th Street), Arlington, Virginia 22209. Regular mail cannot be received at the Ft. Myer Drive address. Two copies of the proposal must be received in Room 528 by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 12, 2000. Failure to comply with the requirments of this synopsis will render a proposal unacceptable and ineligible for award. This notice does not commit the Government to procure the item listed herein. Award is subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Amendments, if required, will be posted in the CBD. Posted 05/11/00 (W-SN453944). (0132)

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