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This notice is posted as an intent to award a contract for commercial items. The items required under this contract will be deemed brand name in nature in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.211-6 - Brand Name or equal. The soft ware specifications in the purchase request cannot be altered, changed or substituted. This notice is a request for competitive quotations and a notice of the Governments intent to procure the following items.(2) CANON DR-9080C SCANNER. JUSTIFCATION FOR INSCOMs PROCUREMENT OF BRAND NAME OR EQUAL items listed above: a. Functionality: Scanner Type: Sheetfeed; Document Handling: 500 Sheet Auto Document Feeder; Optical Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi Optical; Maximum Scan Size: 12 x 39.4; Bit Depth: 24-bit Color; 8-bit Grayscale; Color Scanning Speed: 95 ipm Duplex, 55 ppm S implex; Grayscale Scanning Speed: 180 ipm Duplex, 90 ppm Simplex; Connectivity: USB 2.0, SCSI-3; Environments: PC Compatible; Warranty: 90 Day Limited Parts and Labor b. Maintenance: CCF has a limited maintenace staff and having diffferent types of scanners requires to learn different systems. By having the same model scanner, maintenance costs can be reduced. c. The specifications in the purchase request cannot be altered, changed or substituted. This requirement is 100% set-aside for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 423430 and is associated with the small business size standard of 500 employees. The intent of this notice is solicit competitive quotations, interested sources should respond to this requirement via e-mail to: [email protected] or via fax to (703) 428-4914. The due date for all quotations is no later than 20 MAR 2007 10:00 AM EST. Award of a contract concerning this requirement is anticipated to occur no later than 26 MAR 07. Kazankina Hill Contract Specialist, Lawrence C. Carter Contracting Officer.