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J -- RENEWAL OF SERVICE MAINTENANCE FOR DOSIMETRY SERVICES SOL N00189-99-Q-9265 DUE 092799 POC Nicole Wohl 1-(757)-443-1450 This is a modification of the previously announced solicitation N00189-99-Q-9265. The Government intends to award this requirement for Navy Environmental Health Center, 2510 Walmer Ave., Suite A, Norfolk, VA., 23513-2617, under sole source procedures to BICRON NE. 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for the procurement is N00189-99-Q-9265 and is being issued as a Request for Quote. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 12. The line items are as follows: Contract Period 01 Oct 99 through 30 Sept 00 Contract Line Item (CLIN) 0001 -- 1 lot renewal of service maintenance for Naval Dosimetry Center equipment including: 3 planned visits/1 ea. planned visit/major replacement parts/NVLAP exposures at battelle CLIN 0002 -- 1 lot emergency whole body & extremity reader availability. The contractor shall propose for one base year plus four option years: 1 Oct 00 through 30 Sept 01/1 Oct 01 through 30 Sept 02/1 Oct 02 through 30 Sept 03/1 Oct 03 through 30 Sept 04. The same description will apply for all years. Invoices will be issued on a quarterly basis. The Statement of Work in its entirety reads as follows: This procurement involves the service/maintenance for the following Naval Dosimetry Center equipment: (a) 5 each Model 8800 TLD Readers (1 reader is physically located off site at Naval Research Lab) (b) 4 each TLD Card ID Stations (c) 1 each Model 6600 TLD Reader (d) 1 each Model 6600E TLD Reader (e) 1 each Model 6610C Card Irradiator. Service includes unlimited telephone technical support and the following: (1) 3 regularly scheduled onsite maintenance visits and one emergency onsite visit per year. The 3 regularly scheduled visits should be equally spaced throughout the year at a mutually convenient time. (2) Once a year, during an onsite visit, also travel to the NDC remote site, at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and perform maintenance tasks on equipment. (3) The following maintenance items should be performed on all pieces of equipment listed in this agreement: (a)clean/inspect/test; mechanical/electrical/optical/phototronic; subsystems and components (b) as necessary, adjust the mechanical/electrical/optical/phototronic parameters to be within factory specifications (c) replace worn or broken parts and components (d) repair any broken or malfunctioning equipment (e) install firmware and software upgrades as they become available (f) inspect and ensure all radiation components are safe and working properly. (4) Train NDC Supervisory Staff and Technicians on the use of new features, components, or equipment. (5) Provide updated equipment and software manuals as they become available. (6) Provide a written statement with each visit stating what was done on each piece of equipment. In addition, NDC requests contractor to provide emergency whole body and extremity readers in the case of a catastrophic event in which all processing capability of NDC is eliminated. NDC currently processes an average of 16,000 whole body dosimeters per month and 1700 extremity dosimeters per month. Readers are to be provided within 48 hours of notifying contractor and shall be made available for use by NDC staff at the contractor's factory site (Note that this is a separate line item). NDC also requests the contractor provide 100 irradiations from PNNL for NVLAP accreditation testing. NDC staff will designate irradiation energies and fields (Please quote the price per irradiation in case additional irradiations are needed). The FOB destination is Naval Dosimetry Center, NEHC detachment, NNMC, 8901 Wisconsin Ave., Bldg. 4/6, 4th floor/room 4174, Bethesda, MD 20889-5614. The contract resulting from this solicitation will be a firm fixed price type contract. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) Technical capability of the services offered to meet the Government's requirement; (ii) Price. The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the lowest technically acceptable price or the most advantageous price to the government. The government reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest price offeror. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, apply the following: a price proposal on letterhead or a proposal cover sheet signed and dated that contains the requested items with unit prices/extended unit prices, payment terms, remittance address, solicitation number, time specified for receipt of offers, name/address/telephone number of offeror and any other documentation specified herein. Provisions applicable to this solicitation include FAR 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (Feb 99)/ FAR 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance (Apr 1984). The contractor shall include a complete copy of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items and DFAR 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Nov 1995) with their offer. A copy may be provided by the Contract Specialist if requested. The following clauses apply to this solicitation and are hereby incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items and any addenda applies to this acquisition. Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, subparagraphs (b) (1)/(3)/(8)/(11)/(12)/(13)/(14)/(15)/(20); (c) (1)/(2)/(3) and any additional FAR clauses cited in the clause that are applicable to this acquisition. Additional clauses are as follows: FAR 52.233-1, Disputes (Dec 98)/FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 96)/FAR 52.232-33, Mandatory Info for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment (Aug 96)/FAR 52.246-25 Limitation of liability -- Services (Feb 97)/FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services (Aug 89)/FAR. 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 89). The following DFAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: DFAR 252.204-7004, Required Central Registration (Mar 1998)/ DFAR 252.225-7000, Buy American Act -- Balance of Payments Program Certificate (Dec 1991)/ DFAR 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program (Mar 1998)/ DFAR 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Nov 1995)/ DFAR 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (Jan 1999)/DFAR 252.223-7001, Hazard Warning Labels (Dec 1991). All responses to this solicitation shall be faxed to 1-(757)-443-1424 attn: Nicole Wohl, Contract Specialist, on or before 4:00PM, EST, 27 Sept. 1999. Point of contact for this combined synopsis/solicitation is Nicole Wohl at 1-(757)-443-1450. This is a synopsis/solicitation in one; no solicitation will be issued. Posted 09/24/99 (W-SN384134). (0267)

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