70 -- IMATION BLACK WATCH 9840 HALF-INCH TAPE CARTRIDGE

Notice Date

February 16, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs (381), Austin Automation Center, 1615 E. Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

ZIP Code

78772

Solicitation Number

1126-0014

Point of Contact

Albert Villalpando, Contracting Officer, 512/326-6027

E-Mail Address

click here to send contracting officer an e-mail (albert.villapando@mail.va.gov)

Description

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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The invitation for bid document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-22. This is a 100% set-aside for small business procurement. The Standard Industrial Code is "334613". The small business size is 1,000 employees. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center (AAC), Austin, Texas (AAC) intends to procure the following item: 400 each "new" Imation Black Watch 9480 -- 20GB, 1/2" magnetic data tape cartridges. Tape shall have a 0.04 mil non-magnetic coating; meet a minimum intrinsic coercivity of 1625 +/- 75Oe. Cartridges must meet or exceed ANSI, ISO, and IBM 39.4 inch drop test standard. Leader block must meet a minimum of 10,000 load/unloads. All tapes shall be initialized with the following header format/data code/operating system (IBM EDCDIC/MVS). All the cartridges shall be labeled with an EDP Tri-optic 1687-VC label. The label numbering series are: 329600-329999. Delivery of the tape cartridges shall be no later than six weeks after an order is placed. Delivery Address is: Austin Automation Center, 1615 Woodward Street, Austin, TX. 78741. Responses shall be in writing and can be mailed to the attention of the contracting officer or faxed to 512/326-6028. The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items with the addendum FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract -- "The Government contemplates award of a firm fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation"; all offerors will be required to provide a completed copy of the provision FAR 52-212-3 Offeror Representations and Notifications-Commercial Items and with addendum, VAAR 852.219-70 Veteran Owned Small Business; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items with addendum FAR 52-219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-Commercial Items. The Standard Commercial Warranty is required. Offers must be submitted within 3-days from the publication of this notice and should be addressed to the attention of the Contracting Officer.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010221/70SOL007.HTM (W-047 SN50D9P6)