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66 -- INSTRUMENTS & LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL RRB/GSU#00013 DUE 081300 POC Pat Meise 410-558-8043 E-MAIL: click here to contact purchasing agent, meisep@grc.nia.nih.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items or services prepared in accordance with format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additonal information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued Request for Quotation (RFQ No. RRB/GSU#00013). The solicitation clause and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-17. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 3826. NIH-NIA Gerontology Research Center intends to purchase a ChemiImager 5500 fluorescence, Chemiluminescence, & Visible Imaging System including: 1 million pixel, cooled CCD 12-bit camera system; F1.2 12.5x75mm zoom lens; interference filter; +2 diopter close-up lens; Pentium III 550 Mhz MMX, 64MB RAM, 8.4GB Hard Drive, 100MB Internal Zip Drive, CD-ROM, windows 98 operating system; high resolution color video monitor; mini-keyboard; mouse, manual, image acquisition software, Ethernet ISA Card 3Com combo; 60 GB Hard Drive upgrade, additional 64MB RAM SIMM, rewritable CD ROM internal IDE upgrade, 19" short tube monitor upgrade, Sony UPD-890 Digital Thermal Printer, three year service contract. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; along with the following additional FAR clauses, cited in clause 52.215-5:52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3 Buy American Act-supplies. The following provision also applies to this acquisition, 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment. Sources may submit (via FAX 410-558-8319) descriptive literature which fullydemonstrates that this product meets the specifications which shall be considered by this agency. Posted 07/21/00 (W-SN477464). (0203)

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