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The USDA, Animal Plant Inspection Service (APHIS), National Logistics Support Center, Kansas City, Missouri, intends to procure vacutainer glass sterile tubes. F.O.B. Destination. Submit faxed quotations to Purchasing Section, at (612) 370 2136, Attention Joanne Mann. QUOTATIONS ARE DUE JUNE 19, 2006 BY 10:00 a.m. local time. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12. A firm fixed price purchase order will be awarded. This is an interim supply until a formal contract can be awarded. Small Business set-aside under NAICS Code: 339111. Business size: 500 employees. 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; quotations are being requested and A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses which are in effect through the most current Federal Acquisition Circular. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items 52.212 1; Evaluation Commercial items 52.212 2; Offeror Representations and Certifications 52.212 3; Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items 52.212 4; Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items 52.212 5; The following FAR clauses identified in FAR 52.212-5 are considered checked and are applicable to this acquisition: 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.225-1 Buy American Act; 52.225-3 Buy American Certificate-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration (CCR). To be awarded this contract, the offeror must be registered in the CCR. The above clauses may be viewed on the website: www.arnet.gov/far. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A QUOTATION FOR CONSIDERATION. ******SPECIAL NOTE: Offers shall include 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications, which may be submitted from the website: http://orca.bpn.gov ******* Quotes must for delivery f.o.b. destination, Kansas City, Missouri. All offers must be signed. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Technical and past performance when combined are significantly more important than cost or price. All offers shall include delivered price and the following information: Company Name: ______________________________________________________ Company Address: _____________________________________________________ Contact Name _________________________________________________________ Telephone number: ________________________________________ Tax Payer Identification Number: __________________________ DUNS number_____________________ and business size ___________________. SPECIFICATIONS: 5 ml vacutainer glass sterile tubes (13 X 75 mm). The tubes shall be glass, plain, sterile, silicone coated on the inside, prelabeled, with premeasured vacuum sufficient to draw 5 ml of blood. Tubes shall be sealed with a red stopper and shall be 12mm outside diameter, and 75 mm in length. The tubes shall be packed 100 per box, 10 boxes per case. The outside of each case shall be labeled with our warehouse stock number Z888-00-000-0015 and our purchase order number. QUANTITY: 55 CASES $ ______________ PER CASE 7 ml vacutainer glass sterile tubes (12 x 100 mm) The tubes shall be glass, plain, sterile, silicone coated on the inside, prelabeled with premeasured vacuum sufficient to draw 7 ml of blood. Tubes shall be sealed with a red rubber stopper and shall be 13mm outside diameter, and 100mm in length. The tubes shall be packed 100 per box, 10 boxes per case. The outside of each case shall be labeled with our warehouse stock number Z888-00-000-0037 and our purchase order number. QUANTITY: 1250 CASES $ _____________PER CASE 10 ml vacutainer glass sterile tubes (16 X 100 mm). The tubes shall be glass, plain, sterile, silicone coated on the inside, prelabeled, with premeasured vacuum sufficient to draw 10 ml of blood. Tubes shall be sealed with a red rubber stopper and shall be 16 mm outside diameter, and 100 mm in length. The tubes shall be packed 100 per box, 10 boxes per case. The outside of each case shall be labeled with our warehouse stock number Z888-00-000-0016 and our purchase order number. QUANTITY: 25 CASES $ _______________ PER CASE. PROVIDE DELIVERY DATE, ARO: __________________ PACKAGE MARKING INSTRUCTIONS: Each outermost container shall include our stock number, which will be provided when the purchase order is awarded, and our purchase order number. Containers shall meet Federal Express and United Parcel Service shipping requirements. Boxes shall be sealed in two directions (length and girth), with some type of reinforced tape. Pallets shall not be stacked higher than 52 inches.