USDA-ARS-SAA, Richard B. Russell Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605-2720

43 -- FERTIGATION PUMPS AND ACCESSORIES SOL RFQ-023-4384-99 DUE 072299 POC Elaine Wood, 706/546-3534 WEB: Click here to download a copy of 52.212-3, www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert/html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer by email, woode@ars.usda.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. The solicitation number RFQ-023-4384-99 is issued as a request for quotations and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through FAC 97-09. FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside is applicable to this acquisition. The standard industrial classification code is 5084. The small business size standard is 100 employees. This is a Brand Name or Equal Acquisition. The USDA, ARS, intends to purchase 14 Smith Precision Products Fertigation Pumps-part number R-4 CP, 14 Smith Precision Products Y-Type Strainers 1 inch-part number W-1B-100, 35 Smith Precision Products Dip Tube Strainers-part number W-5093-5/8, and 35 Smith Precision Products Antisiphon Check Valves-part number 450-5S. In the event that the Contractor offers articles pursuant to the brand name or equal provision of this solicitation, the Contractor guarantees that the articles supplied will meet the following salient characteristics: 1. Water power only (for safety purposes), 2. 1" inlet and outlet for flow rates varying from 5-20 gallons per minute, 3. Twin injector capability for simultaneous injection of multiple materials, 4. Bronze and stainless steel construction for corrosion resistance, 5. One to one hundred injection ratio, 6. Ability to inject sulfuric acid through one side for pH control, 7. Double ball check valves, 8. Proportion ratios set at factory for 95-98% accuracy, 9. No requirement for lubrication or adjustment, 10. No possibility of rate of injection above set valve. Delivery is required within 8 weeks ARO. Delivery is FOB Destination to USDA, ARS, Ft. Pierce, FL To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by-(i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification. (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. The government anticipates award of a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive/responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is most price advantageous to the government. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The contracting officer will make award based on price and price-related factors. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror/Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its proposal. Far 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses cited in 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition: 52.203-6; 52.203-10, 52.219-8; 52.222-26; 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37; 52.225-3; 52.222-18; 52.225-21. The contractor shall extend to the Government the full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale, provided such warranty is available at no additional cost to the Government. Acceptance of the standard commercial warranty does not waive the Government's rights under the Inspection clause nor does it limit the Government's rights with regard to the other terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of a conflict, the terms and conditions of the contract shall take precedence over the standard commercial warranty. The contractor shall provide a copy of its standard commercial warranty (if applicable) with its response. Responses are due 15 days from the date this notice is published in the CBD by 4:00 pm local time, July 22, 1999, at USDA Agricultural Research Service, 950 College Station Rd, Athens, GA 30605-2720 (or POB 5677, Athens, GA 30604-5677). POC Elaine Wood, Contract Specialist, 706/546-3534 or fax 706/546-3444. Posted 07/07/99 (W-SN351013). (0188)

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