Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141

84 -- BREAK AWAY LANYARDS WITH LOGO SOL 777-34-00 DUE 060100 POC Karen Lebo (440)526-3030 X7444 DESC: The Cleveland Business Center, Cleveland, Ohio referred to hereinafter Employee Education Center (EES) proposes to enter into a contract for the manufacture, supply and delivery of 100,000 breakaway lanyards with Option line items to incorporate additional lanyards. Option 1 line item equals 25,000-30,000 each, Option 2 line item equals 50,000-60,000 each, Option 3 line item equals 40,000-50,000 ea. Option line items may be bundled but the Government will not request an option quantity below the minimum quantity range. The Government will have the right to award Option line items within 8 months after Contract Award. The Base Contract, 100,000 each plus the potential option orders shall not exceed 215,000 each. This is a Request for Quotations, for which it and all incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-17. The procurement is 100% Set-Aside for Small Business. The Standard Industrial Classification Code(SIC) is 2389. The Small Business Size Standard for this procurement is 500 employees. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR supbart 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. The Break away lanyards are specified as follows: Provide breakaway lanyard of one color imprint on a one-color lace with 1 silver bulldog clip suitable to attach a laminated information card. Laminated card is not part of specification. Lanyard shall be made of nylon lace which is to be 36" in length and 3/8 " in width; navy color with white lettering and with the logo ONE VA imprinted every " by 12". DELIVERY: Provide lanyard in packing of a minimum of 50 units (1 lanyard is equal to one unit) per package. The 50 units maybe bundled or in separate package for ease of counting and distributing. Ship packaged lanyards to Video Services Group, 11126 LindberghBusiness Ct., St Louis, MO 63123, POC Michael Gallagher (314)487-8045. Contractor shall contact Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) Genna G. Gallegly (501) 257-4197 to coordinate the shipment to the shipping point. Ship FOB Destination. Government inspection and acceptance will take place at the destination. Contractor is required to notify the shipping point and the COTR within 72 hours of scheduled ship date, and material shall be shipped and accepted within scheduled work days during the hours of 800 am and 400 pm. Material cannot be shipped on weekends or holidays. The Materials must all be shipped within 5 weeks of contract award. Please provide alternative shipping as part of your proposal, as long as final shipment does not exceed the 5 week period. The following FAR provisions apply and are incorporated by reference FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONSOF OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS(NOV 1999), FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999), FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS(FEB 2000) 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS- COMMERCIAL ITEMS(MAY 1999), FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS(FEB 2000) with the following numbered paragraphs checked: a (2), paragraph b (6), through (10), paragraph and paragraph e; VAAR 852.219-70 VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS; FAR 52.217-7 OPTION FOR INCREASED QUANTITY-SEPERATELY PRICED LINE ITEM (MAR 1989) Government has to exercise option within 8 months from contract award, 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (NOV 1999) Government may extend term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 6 months; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the contract expires. The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 8 months. FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION -COMMERCIAL ITEMS(JAN 1999) with the following evaluation criteria listed in descending order of importance: 1) Price, 2)Sample of Product, product literature 3) Past Performance, a list of at least three agencies/companies (include addresses, telephone number and points of contact) for which you have provided similar services within the past three (3) years.. Please acknowledge all requirements on proposals. No partial quotes will be allowed. No substitutes will be allowed. A price proposal which includes all cost, prompt payment terms remittance address, synopsis addressing evaluation criteria, a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 and VAAR 852.219-70 shall be submitted responding to this request are due by the COB 1 June 2000(4:00pm EST). All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered. Facsimile proposals will be accepted. Please fax your proposals to (440)838-6052. Posted 05/23/00 (W-SN457863). (0144)

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