67--BRAND NAME OR EQUAL TO ITS GENERATOR VIDEO ENCODER/INSERTER GPS SYNC 6 CHANNEL MODEL:6055B-6GX

Combination Synopsis/Solicitation Solicitation Number: W9124R-08-T-1018 Response Date: 3 April 2008, 12:00 Noon MST Technical Questions: 27 March 2008, 12:00 Noon MST This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items pre pared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and Part 13.5 Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This annou ncement constitutes the only solicitation. A Request for Quotations (RFQ) is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This requirement is being issued under the simplified acquisition procedures per FAR 52.216-21 for brand name or e qual components. Anticipated contract delivery date will be 30 days after award. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Fac 2005-24, Effective 28 Feb 2008 & Class Deviation 2005-o0001 and Defense Fede ral Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARs), current to DCN 20080303 Edition. This acquisition is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 334119 with a size standard of 1000 employees. All prospectiv e offerors must be actively registered in the Central Contractor Registration. Offerors may register online at https://www.bpn.gov/CCR/scripts/index.html. The requirement is for Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) 0001, Quantity 15 , Unit of Issue: Each, De scription: ITS Time inserter, Video VTI GPS/IRIG Model number 6055B-6GX. The specification, statement of work, with the CSS are located at the U.S. Army Contracting Agency Yuma web site www.yuma.army.mil/contracting under RFQs. All proposals shall be c learly marked with RFQ number W9124R-08-T-1018, must be priced per individual clin and emailed to the name and address listed below or sent by facsimile to +1 (555) 000-0000 no later than Noon MST, 3 April 2008. The deadline for technical questions is Noon MST , 27 March 2008. The Government intends to award to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and will be the most advantageous to the Government based on technical acceptability and lowest price (representing 50% of evaluation weigh t). Offers that fail to furnish required representations or technical information as required by FAR Clause 52.212-1 cited below or reject the terms and conditions of this solicitation may be excluded from consideration. The following FAR Clauses and Prov isions are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition. FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999); DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006); DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation (Jun 2005); FAR provision 52.21 2-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (Sep 2006). NOTE: in order to complete the Representation and Certifications for the following referenced provisions you must go to the Air Force Web Site at http://farsite.hill.af.mil, locate the reference cla use, copy and paste it to a Word document and complete FAR provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (Sep 2006) with Alternate I (Apr 2002) and DFARS 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial It ems (June 2005). If in completing DFARS 252.12-7000 (c), the Offeror represents that it will not use ocean transportation, the resulting contract will also include the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause at 252.247-7024, Notification o f Transportation of Supplies by Sea. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (j) of FAR 52.212-3 if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) web site at http://orca.bpn.gov. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (Sep 2005). FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination (Nov 1991). FAR 52.212- 5 Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statues or Executive Order Commercial Items (Sep 2006) apply to this acquisition. Specific clauses cited in FAR 52.212-5 that are applicable to this acquisition are 52.219-6 Notice of total small Busine ss Set-Aside (Jun 2003), 52.219-8 Utilization of Small business Concerns (May 2004); 52.222-3 Convict Labor (Jun 2003), 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2006), 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999), 5 2.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Apr 2002), 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006), 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998), 52.222-37 Employme nt Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006), 52.222-39 Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees (Dec 2004)(E.O.13201), 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Perso ns (Aug 2007); DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program, DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American ActBalance of Payments Program Certificate; 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party (May 1999). DFARS Clause 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Con ditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (Oct 2006) applies to this Acquisition, and specifically 52.203-3 Gratuities (APR 1984), 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment (MAR 1 998), 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (MAY 2002) (10 U.S.C. 2631). If you plan on participating in this acquisition you are required to provide your name, address, phone number, and email address to the name and address listed below or facs imile +1 (555) 000-0000. See Note 1. Note 22 has been changed from forty-five days to fourteen days New 6-channel video encoder Salient Characteristics 1. Processes six channels of color NTSC video simultaneously with positionable anal og annotated data and left edge hamming code compatible with YPG (Yuma Proving Ground) video data reduction. 2. Receives 21-bit resolution each of azimuth and elevation data input. 3. Processes GPS time and includes data in annotation, hamming code, and IRIG B output. 4. Annotation font is positionable, resizable, black & white display programmable. 5. Setup and programming needs are accessed by keyboard. 6. Setup/programming goes to non-volatile memory and is therefore not lost on power-dow n. 7. Operational output specifications should be compatible with the ITS (Instrumentation Technologies Systems) model 6055B-6GX Video encoder/IRIG inserter-generator, Which is, in turn, operational output compatible with the older 3-channel ITS 6088A v ideo inserter-generator with the addition of three new video channels. 8. Specifications for the similar 6055B-6G is available as a PDF file at http://www.itsamerica.com/Technical_Descriptions/6055B6GTD.pdf .