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Notice Date

May 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), = Commanding Officer, USCG Aircraft Repair & Supply Center, HU25, HH65, = H60J, C130 or Support Procurement Building 79, 75, 79, 78, or 63, = Elizabeth City, NC, 27909-5001

ZIP Code

27909-5001

Solicitation Number

DTCG38-01-Q-300019

Response Due

May 29, 2001

Point of Contact

Linda Stein, H60J Contract Specialist, Phone 252-335-6198, Fax = 252-335-6790, Email lstein@arsc.uscg.mil -- Martha Hebrew, C130 = Contracting Officer, Phone 252-335-6557, Fax 252-335-6452, Email = MHebrew@arsc.uscg.mil

E-Mail Address

IDEASEC HELP DESK (IDEAS_EC@NBC.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 = requirement will be satisfied using commercial acquisition procedures = specified in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only = solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation = Number DTCG38-01-Q-300019 is being assigned to this procurement for = tracking purposes only and this synopsis/solicitation is being issued = as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The incorporated clauses and provisions = are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-25. This = requirement is considered a small business set-aside; the NAICC is = 336413 and the size standard is 1000 employees. This = synopsis/solicitation is issued for the procurement of 10 each = Indicator, Torquemeter, NSN 6620-01-264-8685, P/N 9A2100 or NSN = 6620-01-038-5801, P/N 201-004-001 or NSN 6620-01-206-5748, P/N 9A1100. = All items require Certificate of Conformance in accordance with FAR = 52.246-15 or FAA Form 8130-3. Desired delivery is 20 August 2001. = Components shall be delivered to the USCG, Aircraft Repair and Supply = Center, Attn: Receiving, Building 63, Elizabeth City, NC 27909-5001. = Earlier deliveries are acceptable and desired at no additional cost to = the Coast Guard. USCG Quality Personnel shall perform inspection and = acceptance at destination. Fob point shall be destination. Copies of = packing slips shall be affixed to the outside of the shipping = container. Packaging of the items for shipment shall be in accordance = with the Contractor?s best commercial practices with the following = exceptions: Each item or unit must be individually packed in a separate = box, carton or crate. Each individual container shall be labeled on = the outside with NSN, Part Number, Serial Number, Quantity, = Nomenclature, Purchase Order Number and Line Item. Only Bar Coding of = the NSN is necessary. The internal packaging material shall be = sufficient to prevent damage during shipment, handling, and storage. = Each unit shall be packaged to protect against electrostatic damage. = Preservation protection must be sufficient to prevent corrosion, = deterioration or decay during warehouse storage for a period of one = year, but no preservation coating will be applied directly to the = component. Packaging material shall NOT consist of the following = material: popcorn shredded paper, Styrofoam of any type, or peanut = style packaging. The closing date for receipt of offers is 29 May = 2001, 3:00 p.m. EST. Facsimile offers are acceptable and may be = forwarded via fax number (252) 335-6452. Points of contact are Linda = Stein, Contract Specialist, (252) 335-6962 or Martha Hebrew, = Contracting Officer, (252) 335-6557. Evaluation factor for award of = this requirement will be based on price. Offeror?s are instructed to = include a completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror = Representations and Certifications?Commercial Items (Apr 2001) with = their offers. Offerors that do not have access to there certifications = may request a copy from the point of contact referenced above to obtain = them. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this = solicitation and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, = Instructions to Offerors?Commercial Items (Oct. 2000); FAR 52.212-5, = Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or = Executive Orders?Commercial Items (Feb 2001); FAR 52.203-6, = Restrictions on Subcontractors Sales to the Government (Jul 1995), = Alternate I, (Oct 1995), FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business = Concerns (Oct 2000), FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled = Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (Apr 1998); FAR 52.222-36, = Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (June 1998); FAR = 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the = Vietnam Era (Jan 1999), FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act?North American = Free Trade Agreement?Israeli Trade Act?Balance of Payment Program (Feb = 2000); FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996); FAR 52.203-3 = Gratuities (Apr 1984); FAR 52.203-8, Cancellation, Recession and = Recovery of Funds for Illegal or Improper Activity (Jan 1997); FAR = 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity = (Jan 1997); FAR 52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain = Federal Transactions (Jun 1997); FAR 52.204-4, Printed or Copied = Double-Sided on Recycled Paper (Aug 2000); FAR 52.211-15, Defense = Priority and Allocation Requirements (Sep 1990); FAR 52.219-6, Notice = of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Jul 1996); FAR 52.243-1, Changes = Fixed Price (Aug 1987), Alternate I (Apr 1984); FAR 52.245-1 Property = Records (Apr 1984); FAR 52.247-34, FOB Destination (Nov 1991). Defense = Priorities and Allocations System Rating: DO-A1. Notice to Offerors: = It is the policy of the Coast Guard to issue solicitations and make = contract awards in a fair and timely manner. To further this policy, = the Commandant has created the position of Solicitation Ombudsman who = is empowered to investigate issued raised by prospective offerors and = resolve them, where possible, without expensive and time consuming = litigation. Potential offerors who believe that a Coast Guard = solicitation is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their = concerns to the cognizant Contracting Officer. If the Contracting = Officer is unable to satisfy the concerns, the offeror should then = contact the Coast Guard Solicitation Ombudsman at the following = address: Commandant (G-CPM-S/3), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington DC = 20593. Telephone (202) 267-2285, Fax No. (202) 267-4011. Potential = offerors should provide the following information to the Ombudsman in = order to ensure a timely response: solicitation number, contracting = office, Contracting Officer, and solicitation closing date. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises = (DBE?s)! The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending = Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of = credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related = contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the = prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet = address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. See Numbered Note 1.

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