Enclosed is a solicitation package prepared by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg, located in Salters, South Carolina, Contracting Office, for the acquisition of the following Ophthalmology Equipment:  iVue Motorized Table 120V, Top, Cradle, iVue Complete Configuration System 120V, Gcc Software, 3D Software, and Power cords.

This package contains all of the necessary information for submitting a request for quote for evaluation.  In submitting the request for quote, offerors should consider all information provided herein. Please carefully follow all instructions located in the solicitation package concerning the content, format and submission of your quote.

All potential offerors are advised that this solicitation includes the clause FAR 52.212-4 (June 2010) for commercial items, Central Contractor Registration (CCR). This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the CCR database. Offerors should include their Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number in their offers. The contracting Officer will verify registration in the CCR database prior to award by entering the potential awardee's DUNS number into the CCR database. Failure to complete the registration procedures outlined in this clause may result in elimination from consideration for award. As of January 1, 2005, all potential offerors are required to complete the annual Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), which should be completed at http://orca.bpn.gov.  This information is included in this solicitation in the provision FAR 52.212-1 (June 2008) Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items. Once you have completed the ORCA requirement, you are no longer required to submit 52.212-3 Offers Representations and Certifications with your quote. Failure to complete either of these registration procedures outlined in this solicitation, may result in elimination from consideration for award.

Offers shall be received on or before the deadline of October 7, 2011, at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, preferred method of receipt is e-mail or
fax.  Mailed quotes shall be submitted to the following address:

E-mail Delivered:
Ellen Gillyard, Contract Specialist
Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg
[email protected]

Faxed:
Ellen Gillyard, Contract Specialist
Federal Correctional Institution Wiliamsburg
843-387-9430

Please do not submit quotes to any location other than the one listed above. Quotes received after the deadline will not be considered.
Please place any questions you may have in writing by either email [email protected] or fax 1-843-387-9430. I will consider all questions received and provide responses, where appropriate. Please be sure to have read the cover letter, solicitation, specifications and delivery schedule, if the answer is addressed in those documents you will not receive a response. If you are bidding alternate packaging and/or specifications it must clearly be marked and show what the differences are. You will be responsible for providing the correct prices to match our units of measurement. If you do not supply an item or meet the attached delivery schedule it will be noted as a performance issue. All quoted prices should not have more than three (3) decimal points. All orders will be placed on a Government purchase card unless otherwise authorized by the contracting officer. All Government purchase card transactions are fill or kill. Awarded pricing will only be available at www.fbo.gov, on or about October 21, 2011.

Sincerely,

Ellen Gillyard
Contract Specialist

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