Please Note: Sign Solicitation and be sure note your delivery time frame/date and company cage code. Do not include shipping/delivery as a seperate line item, this cost should be incorporated in your Unit Cost=Total Overall Cost.
THIS ITEM HAS A DESIRED AND A REQUIRED DATE.
THIS IS A BRAND NAME ITEM REQUEST
INCLUDE YOUR CAGE CODE AND YOUR DELIVERY DATE(S) AND SPECIFICATION SHEET FOR YOUR ITEM (if there is no specification sheet or part number listed your quote will be considered non-responsive.
SEE ATTACHED SOLICITATION AND ORDERING DATA SHEET
QTY IS 22 EACH
Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)
(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation.
(b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must-
(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;
(2) Clearly identify the item by-
(i) Brand name, if any; and
(ii) Make or model number;
(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and
(4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications.
(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.
(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.
