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W -- AUDIO-VISUAL RENTALS SOL 53SBNB860087 DUE 062698 POC Julie Liu, (301) 975-6727, Fax (301) 975-5007 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/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; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation, #53SBNB860087, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The associated Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 7359, and the small business size standard is $5 million (average annual receipts for preceding three fiscal years). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a Contractor to provide rental of audio-visual equipment for the 21st National Information Systems Security Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City, VA from October 5, 1998 through October 9, 1998. The Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN), quantities, and unit issue are as follows: CLIN 0001 Six Concurrent Sessions (10/05/98 -- 10/08/98) -- 35 mm w/ bright light module, six (6) each; amx 30 wireless remote (single), six (6) each; overhead projector 3000 lumens, six (6) each; welt safelock stand, ten (10) each; 9' x 12' ff screen (front proj.), six (6) each; electric pointer, six (6) each; A/V Technician (8 hrs/day for four days), six (6) each; data projector, six (6) each. CLIN 0002 Opening Plenary Session (10/05/98) -- ORC Xenon slide projector 500RF-IC, one (1) each; amx 30 wireless remote (single), one (1) each; overhead projector 3000 lumens, one (1) each; 9' x 12' ff screen (front proj.), one (1) each; 9' x 12' trim kit, one (1) each; laser pointer, one (1) each; A/V Technician (2 hrs), one (1) each. CLIN 0003 A/V Headquarters, Speaker Prep for October 5-8, 1998 -- EKTA III/AT slide projector, three (3) each; overhead projector, one (1) each; welt safelock stand, four (4) each; 70" x 70" tripod screen, one (1) each; single caramate, one (1) each; slide viewing box, one (1) each; A/V Technician (8 hrs/day for four days), one (1) each. CLIN 0004 Birds of a Feather (10/05/98 -- 10/08/98) -- EKTA III/AT slide projector, seven (7) each; overhead projector, seven (7) each; welt safelock stand, fourteen (14) each; 70" x 70" tripod screen, seven (7) each; flipchart kit, seven (7) each. CLIN 0005 Networking (10/05/98 -- 10/08/98) -- 27" color monitor/receiver, two (2) each; Sylvania VC22122 3-speed VCR or equal, two (2) each; 54" A/V cart w/ AC, two (2) each. CLIN 0006 Four Concurrent Sessions (10/09/98) -- 35mm w/ bright light module, four (4) each; amx 30 wireless remote (single), four (4) each; overhead projector 3000 lumens, four (4) each; welt safelock stand, four (4) each; 9' x 12' ff screen (front proj.), four (4) each; electric pointers, four (4) each. CLIN 0007 Additional Items for Four Days -- EKTA III/AT slide projector, one (1) each; overhead projector 3000 lumens, one (1) each; welt safelock stand, two (2) each; 8' x 8' tripod screen, one (1) each; electric pointer, one (1) each; flipchart kit, one (1) each; HP Laserjet III-2mb or equal, four (4) each; A-frame aluminum easels, fifty (50) each; walkie talkies, four (4) each. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965 (Note: Any labor category not in Wage Determination, Revision No. 15, will be conformed to the wage determination at time of award.); 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. Evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of 52.212-2 are, in descending order of importance, as follows: technical capability, past performance, and price. Technical evaluation criteria, when combined, are significantly more important than price. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, also applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (b)(6) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (7) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (8) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; (9) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer (which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm). All offerors shall submit the following with their quotes: 1) a completed copy of provision 52.212-5, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (which may be downloaded from the NIST Web Page at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm); 2) a list of three contracts completed during the past three years for similar services with the following information: name of contracting activity, contract number, total contract value, contracting office and telephone number, and program manager and telephone number; 3) most recent published price list of audio-visual equipment rental rates, and 4) labor rate(s), including hourly overtime rate(s). All interested, responsible small business firms should submit quotes by 3:00 PM local time on June 26, 1998 to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. (0163)

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