W912JC26QA005 Instruments.docx

This is a specifications document for a Request for Quote (RFQ) issued by the Department of the Army Kansas Army National Guard for band instruments to be delivered to the 35th ID Band in Olathe, Kansas. The solicitation (W912JC26QA005) is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 459140 (Musical Instrument and Supplies Retailers) with a small business size standard of $22.5 million. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract for the specified instruments. The Contracting Officer is Vernon L. Verschelden and the Contract Specialist is John D. Weber at the USPFO for Kansas (W912JC) located at 2737 S Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66611.

The required instruments include three compensating euphoniums with Bb/F keys, professional-grade finish, 4 Monel alloy pistons, yellow brass bells with 11.8-inch upright design, and L51 mouthpieces with EPC-62 cases; four full double horns in F/Bb with gold lacquered finish, yellow brass construction, screwbells, sterling silver lead pipes, five water keys with thumb levers, and stock hard cases; four piccolos with grenaditte bodies, grenadilla head joints with high-wave bulb-style design, silver-plated mechanisms, synthetic omnipads, pointed arms, split-E mechanisms, and stock hard cases; and four contrabass tubas in Bb with professional-grade finish, yellow brass with clear lacquer, 0.748-inch bore, five rotary valves including one thumb-operated valve, yellow brass upright bells with 18.75-inch size, stock mouthpieces, and stock hard cases. All instruments are to be delivered with cases to the 35th ID Band at 1385 S. Robinson Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062.