QSDLAC-C2-11-1424-SQ2.docx

REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS

(THIS IS NOT AN ORDER)

THIS RFQ IS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS-SMALL PURCHASE SET-ASIDE (52.219-4)

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1. REQUEST NO.

QSDLAC-C2-11-1424-SQ2

2. DATE ISSUED

UNDER BDSA REG. 2

RATING

AND/OR DMS REG. 1

GSA FAS

Southwest Supply Operations Center Cheryl Applewhite (QSDLAC-C2) 819 Taylor Street RM 6A00 Fort Worth, TX 76102

15 Days ARO Delivery

NAME

Cheryl Applewhite Contracting Officer

TELEPHONE NUMBER

FOB DESTINATION OTHER

(See Schedule)

Cheryl.applewhite@gsa.gov

AREA CODE

NUMBER

850-8363 574-2615 fax

9. DESTINATION

8. TO:

a. NAME OF CONSIGNEE See Below

(See Schedule)

a. NAME

a. COMPANY

a. STREET ADDRESS

c. STREET ADDRESS

c. CITY

a. CITY b.

a. STATE

a. ZIP

10. PLEASE FURNISH QUOTATIONS TO THE

ISSUING OFFICE IN BLOCK 5A ON OR

BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS (Date)

September 15, 2011 at 3:00pm CST

IMPORTANT: This is a request for information, and quotations furnished are not offers. If you are unable to quote, please so indicate on this form and return it to the address in Block 5A. This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or service. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotations must be completed by the quoter.

11. SCHEDULE (Include applicable Federal, State and local taxes)

ITEM NO.

(a)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES

(b)

QUANTITY

(c)

UNIT

(d)

UNIT PRICE

(e)

AMOUNT

(f)

This request is hereby amended to delete clauses 52.225-3 and 52.225-4 and add clauses 52.225-1 and 52.225-2

See page 2.

Please return with original RFQ.

12. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

NOTE: Additional provisions and representations are are not attached.

c. COUNTY

AREA CODE

52.225-1 BUY AMERICAN ACTSUPPLIES (FEB 2009)25.1101(a)(1)

(a) Definitions. As used in thisclause – Commercially available off-the-shelf(COTS) item –

(1) Means any item of supply (includingconstruction material) that is –

(i) A commercial item (as definedin paragraph (1) of the definition at FAR 2.101);

(ii) Sold in substantialquantities in the commercial marketplace; and

(iii) Offered to the Government,under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the sameform in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and

(2) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined insection 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. App. 1702), such asagricultural products and petroleum products.

Componentmeans an article, material, or supply incorporateddirectly into an end product.

Cost ofcomponentsmeans –

(1) For components purchased by the Contractor,the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place ofincorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to adomestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entrycertificate is issued); or

(2) For components manufactured by theContractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component,including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition,plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costsassociated with the manufacture of the end product.

Domestic end productmeans –

(1) An unmanufactured end product mined orproduced in theUnited States;

(2) An end product manufactured in theUnited States, if –

(i) The cost of its componentsmined, produced, or manufactured in theUnited Statesexceeds 50 percent ofthe cost of all its components. Components of foreign origin of the same classor kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, ormanufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of asatisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Scrap generated, collected, andprepared for processing in theUnited Statesis considered domestic;or

(ii) The end product is a COTSitem.

Endproductmeans those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired underthe contract for public use.

Foreignend productmeans an end product other than a domestic endproduct.

United Statesmeans the 50 States, the District ofColumbia, and outlying areas.

(b) The BuyAmerican Act (41 U.S.C. 10a - 10d) provides a preference for domestic endproducts for supplies acquired for use in theUnited States.In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 431, the component test of the Buy American Act iswaived for an end product that is a COTS item (See 12.505(a)(1)).

(c) Offerors mayobtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that theContracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract.

(d) TheContractor shall deliver only domestic end products except to the extent that itspecified delivery of foreign end products in the provision of the solicitationentitled "Buy American Act Certificate."

(List as Necessary)

(c) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.