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59 -- DRAW OUT LOW VOLTAGE AIR CIRCUIT BREAKERS SOL 53SBNB860146 DUE 090398 POC Contract Specialist, Tamara Grinspon -- (301) 975-4390, Contracting Officer, David J. Orris -- (301) 975-4154 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 DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.*****This solicitation, #53SBNB860146, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 5063, and the small business size is 500 Employees. *****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for two remanufactured Westinghouse Draw Out Low Voltage Air Circuit Breakers with Carrier Solid State Tripping Units (CLIN Items 001 and 002 below); and fourteen Retrofit Kits (CLIN Items 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 009, 0010, and 0011 below).**The Contractor shall supply the following:*** (CLIN Item 001) a quantity of one Remanufactured Westinghouse Draw Out Low Voltage Air Circuit Breaker with Carrier Solid State Tripping Unit of type DB-75 with Carrier Trip CT Rating up to 3000 Amp;***(CLIN Item 002) a quantity of one Remanufactured Westinghouse Draw Out Low Voltage Air Circuit Breaker with Carrier Solid State Tripping Unit of type DB-50 with Carrier Trip CT Rating up to 1600 Amp;***(CLIN Item 003) a quantity of two Retrofit Kits for Westinghouse Breaker type DB-25 CT Rating 600 Amp; ***(CLIN Item 004) a quantity of two Retrofit Kits for Westinghouse Breaker type DB-50 CT Rating 800/1600 Amp; ***(CLIN Item 005) a quantity of two Retrofit Kits for Westinghouse Breaker type DB-75 CT Rating 2000/3000 Amp; ***(CLIN Item 006) a quantity of two Retrofit Kits for General Electric Breaker type AK-2-15 CT Rating 150/300 Amp;*** (CLIN Item 007) a quantity of two Retrofit Kits for General Electric Breaker type AK-2-25 CT Rating 300/600 Amp; ***(CLIN Item 008) a quantity ofone Retrofit Kit for General Electric Breaker type AK-2-50 CT Rating 1800/600 Amp; ***(CLIN Item 009) a quantity of one Retrofit Kit for General Electric Breaker type AK-2-75 CT Rating 2000/3000;*** (CLIN Item 0010) a quantity of one Retrofit Kit for ITE Breaker type K-1600R Breakers CT Rating 800/1600; and ***(CLIN Item 0011) a quantity of one Retrofit Kit for Allis Charlmers Breaker type LA-600F CT Rating 300/600. ***** Delivery is required within 21 days After Receipt of Order (ARO). Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Receiving Room, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. The FOB Point shall be Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland. *****The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; ***** The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the lowest price to the Government.***** All vendors are to include with their quotes, a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. 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, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (6) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (7) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; (8) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; (9) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (15ii) Alternate I of 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program; and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. ***** All vendors shall include with their quotation package a copy of their published price list. All interested, responsible firms should submit quotes (original plus one copy of quote and enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on September 3, 1998, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: Tamara Grinspon, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. Posted 08/20/98 (W-SN239642). (0232)

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