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 solicitation number is FM442783380007; this solicitation is a request for quotation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-29, Defense DCN 20081124, and AFAC 2008-0605. This acquisition will be sole source; the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 339112. The business size standard is 500 employees. The Federal Supply Class (FSC) is 6515. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is 3841.

Travis AFB intends to award a sole source purchase order for Biomet Oxford Unicompartment Knee Instruments and Implants to Biomet Inc. These instruments are needed for a surgery on 15 Dec 08. Failure to obtain the instruments from Biomet could lead to unfamiliarity with the surgical equipment, potentially leading to unsuccessful outcomes and/or complications during recovery. Items are to be shipped to Travis AFB, CA, 94535. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.

CLIN 0001: 1 set; Biomet Oxford Unicompartment Knee Instruments and Implants

Award shall be made in the aggregate, all or none.

The following provisions and/or clauses apply to this acquisition. Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999): (a) The Government will award a contract 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. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1: Price. 2: Technical acceptability. Technical acceptability is significantly more important than cost or price. FAR 52.212-3 Alt I Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items will be incorporated into any resultant Purchase Order by reference. FAR 52.212-5 (Dev) Contract Terms and Condition Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Deviation). FAR 52.213-3 Notice to Suppliers.

FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration. FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside. FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor. FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies. FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities. FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity. FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities. FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. FAR 52.232-33 Payment by EFT - CCR. FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award. FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contracts. FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination. FAR 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms. DFARS 252.204-7004 Alt A Required Central Contractor Registration Alternate A. DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program. DFARS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors. DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Request. DFARS 252.247-7023 Alt III Transportation of Supplies by Sea, Alternate III.

FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, with the following two fill-ins: http://www.arnet.gov/far and http://farsite.hill.af.mil. FAR 52.252-6 with the following fill-in: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 48 CFR Chapter 2. DFARS 252.212-7001 (Dev) Contract Terms and Conditions Deviation. AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman. AFFARS 5352.223-9000 Eliminatio of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances.

Clauses may be accessed electronically in full text through http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Contractors must be actively registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov, at Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) at http://wawf.eb.mil, and at Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov.

Please send any response to [email protected] or fax to 707-424-2712 NO LATER THAN 11 December 2008, 12:00 PM, PST. Point of contact is Aaron Kyle, SrA, Contract Specialist, telephone 707-424-7764. Alternate POC is SSgt Elizabeth Squires, Contracting Officer, telephone 707-424-7761.