U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: ORDSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

66 -- PACKARD MULTIPROBE II SOL HAB249 DUE 091099 POC Antonio L. Leathers, contract Specialist (919)541-2312 WEB: Click here for Commercial Buy Clauses, http://epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, leathers.antonio@epa.gov. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 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 solicitation number is HAB249 and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12. The Contractor shall provide MultiPROBE II w/ computer. This product must be Brand name or equal to the Packard MultiPROBE II. The required system must meet the following specifications for an automated liquid handling system: 1) System must be capable of delivering 1-200 ul volumes to and from 96-well plates and 1.5 ml centrifuge tubes; 2) System must be capable of using at least 4 tips at once, each capable of independent motion and independent volume delivery; 3)Liquid level sensing should be provided capable of sensing buffer solutions, deionized water and/or solvents such as methanol or ethanol; 4) system must be capable of using disposable or fixed, washable tips; 5) Software should operate on a MS Windows based system; and 6) Software should allow easy importation of routines from a common file type e.g. MS Excel. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal; 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Award will be made to the offeror that provides the best value to the Government. All offerors are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses which are cited in 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity; 52.219-14, Limitation of Subcontracting; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disables Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended. Please submit quotes to Antonio L. Leathers, Contract Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MD-33, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 or fax to (919)541-1075. All offers are due by September 10, 1999, 4:30 p.m. EST. Referenced clauses can be found on the Internet at http://epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Posted 09/02/99 (W-SN375662). (0245)

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