SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Low Temperature Closed-Cycle Refrigerator
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- NA1341-02-Q-0607
- Response Due
- 7/26/2002
- Archive Date
- 8/10/2002
- Point of Contact
- Joni Laster, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-975-8397, Fax 301-975-8884, - Carol Wood, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-975-8172, Fax 301-975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
joni.laster@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov
- Description
- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect in the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-07.*** The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339111 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. However, this requirement is unrestricted and all interested contractors may submit a quote.*** The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a need for two (2) closed-cycle refrigerators, Advanced Research Systems Inc. brand CSW-204NFF or equivalent, to be used by the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) for neutron scattering experiments.***This is a brand name or equal procurement. Brand name or equal description is intended to be descriptive, but not restrictive, and is to indicate the quality and characteristic of products that will be considered satisfactory to meet the agency requirement.***All interested offerors shall provide a quote for the following : Line item 0001: Quantity two (2) closed-cycle refrigerators, Advanced Research Systems Inc. brand CSW-204NFF or equivalent with the following salient characteristics: (1) Operating temperature range of 7-325 K; (2) Minimum Refrigeration capacity: 8 watts in the temperature range 20 K - 100 K, 16 watts above 100 K; (3) Cooldown time from room temperature to 7 K in less than 120 minutes; Power requirement: 208Volt/ Single Phase/ 60 Hz; (4) Maximum power consumption: 2.5 kW; (5) Gas compressor designed specifically for high purity helium gas; (6) System shall run continuously, without interruption, for at least 30 days; (7) Compressor shall include an hour meter that tracks operating time; (8) Minimum scheduled maintenance interval: 5000 hours; (9) Water consumption for cooling, if required, shall not exceed 18 liters/minute; (10) Stainless steel, braided, flexible hoses for high purity helium shall be ? inch I.D. and 15 feet in length; (11) Cold head shall have a power cord at least 16 feet in length; (12) Maximum cold head weight: 40 lbs.; (13) Cold head shall operate at any inclination up to 90 degrees from vertical; (14) Maximum cold head diameter shall not exceed 12 inches (305mm); The closed-cycle refrigerator shall have customized features to interface with existing NIST equipment. The interface to existing NIST equipment consists of three nested parts: Vacuum Can Flange, Heat Shield Mount, and Cold Finger Mount. The three parts are arranged such that the cold finger and heat shield mounts protrude below the outer vacuum can flange. The vertical distance from the base of the cold finger mount to the end of the heat shield mount is 0.75 inches, and the distance from the cold finger mount to the bottom of the outer vacuum can flange is 2.25 inches.; The salient characteristics of the three parts are as follows: (1)Vacuum Can Flange. The vacuum can flange shall consist of six tapped ?-20 holes on a 6.375 inch bolt circle. The flange face finish shall be 16 microinches.; (2) Heat Shield Mount. The heat shield mount shall be detachable, and thermally connected to the first stage of the cold head. The heat shield mount shall consist of an external 3.5"-24 thread, 0.188 inches in length.; (3) Cold Finger Mount. The cold finger shall terminate with two 10-32 tapped holes equally spaced on a 0.500 inch bolt circle at a depth of 0.375 inches minimum.; (4) Vacuum pump out ports. There shall be three (3) KF 25 vacuum pump out ports which extend above the motor housing. The KF25 flanges shall face upward; (5) Wiring configuration. The external wiring connection shall consist of a single 19 pin connector mounted on one of the KF 25 vacuum pump out ports. The internal wiring shall connect two temperature sensors (A and B) and a heater. In addition, spare wiring for one sensor and one heater shall be included in the internal wiring. The wiring shall consist of the following: (a) NIST shall supply a Detoronics model DTIH-14-19PIN electrical connector appropriately mounted to a KF 25 vacuum flange. (b) Cryostat pin assignment to sensor A: K/SensorI+; L/Sensor I-; N/Sensor V+; P/Sensor V-. (c) Cryostat pin assignment to sensor B: U/Sensor I+; V/ Sensor I-; R/Sensor V+; D/Sensor V-. (d) Cryostat pin assignment to heater: M/htr+; A/htr-; (6) Wire type and size specification. (a) All sensor wiring shall be Lakeshore Duo-Twist 32 AWG, WDT-32 or equivalent. Salient characteristics of the wire are the wire gauge, thermal conductivity less then 80 W/ m-K, twisted pair construction, and color coding.; (b) All sensor wiring shall provide a free length of 12 inches where the sensor attaches, to provide for remounting the sensors.; (c) Heater wire shall be 30 AWG 7/38 braided copper wire with Teflon insulation in a twisted pair, red insulation on M/ htr+, black insulation on A/ htr-. (d) Spare heater wire shall be 30 AWG 7/38 braided copper wire with teflon insulation in a twisted pair, with green and black insulation colors. (e) All wiring shall be labeled at both ends.; (7) Sample mounting interface and heater. (a) NIST shall supply the sample mounting interface, including heater, to be attached to the cold finger.; (b) The heater will consist of two, 70 ohm, metal cartridge heater elements.; (c) Heater elements shall be wired in parallel, to pins M and A of the connector specified in 6 (d) above.; (8) Temperature sensors. Sensors A and B shall be Scientific Instruments SI410-AA-2 bobbin mount silicon diodes or equivalent. The salient characteristics of these sensors are heat-sunk leads, robust package, screw mounting hole (4-40), four wire sensing leads, and accuracy over the temperature range 1.5 K to 350 K. The accuracy requirement is +/-0.25 K from 1.5 K to 25 K, and +/- 0.5 K from 25 K to 350 K.; (9) Temperature Regulation. Stable temperature regulation (within 0.5 K of setpoint for at least one (1) hour) is attainable throughout the operating temperature range using one of the following temperature controllers currently available at the NCNR: (a) Lakeshore Model LS331 or LS340, or (b) Neocera Model LTC-21 or LTC-11. The temperature controller is not part of this solicitation. (10) Helium hose connection. The two helium hose connection fittings on the cold head shall face upwards and extend above the motor housing.; (11) Vacuum integrity. The vacuum space shall be leak tight to at least 1 x 10-7 atm-cm3/s; (12) NIST shall approve final drawings before manufacture. Line Item 0002: Quantity Two (2) Air cooling options to allow operation of compressor without the use of externally provided cooling water. (Option Line Item) ***The Contractor shall state the warranty coverage provided for line item 0001.***Delivery shall be FOB Destination and shall be no later than 90 days after receipt of order.***The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver all line items to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.***Award shall be made to the offeror whose quote offers the best value to the Government, technical, past performance & price will be considered. The Government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: 1) Technical Capability factor "Meeting or Exceeding the Requirement," 2) Past Performance and 3) Price. Technical capability and past performance shall be more important than price. Evaluation of Technical Capability will be based on the information provided in the quotation. Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the overall quality of the product & service provided by the Contractor. Evaluation of Past Performance shall be based on the references provided and/or the offerors recent and relevant procurement history with NIST or its' affiliates. ***Offerors shall include the manufacturer or brand name, make and model of the products, manufacturer sales literature or other product literature which addresses all salient characteristics, which clearly documents that the offered product(s) meet or exceed the specifications stated above and meet the needs of the Government in essentially the same manner as the brand name.***The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; and 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items.***The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items including subparagraphs: (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (12) 52-222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (16) 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation With Authorities And Remedies; (19) (iii) 52.225-3 Alternate II, Buy American Act - Balance of Payment Program-Supplies; (21) 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases ; (24) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration and 52.245-4, Government Furnished Property. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated. It can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm.***All offerors shall submit the following: 1) An original and one (1) copy of a quotation which addresses All line items; 2) Two (2) copies of technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; 4) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); 5) A list of three (3) contracts/purchase orders completed during the past three years for similar requirements with the following information: Name of contracting activity, contract number, contract type, total contract value, contracting office and telephone number, and program manager and telephone number; and 6) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded at www.arnet.gov/far. ***All quotes should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Logistics Division, Attn: Joni L. Laster, Building 301, Room B129, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3571.***Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on July 26, 2002. Faxed offers will not be accepted. Any questions or concerns in regards to this solicitation should be forwarded to the Contracting Officer (Joni Laster), via e-mail @ joni.laster@nist.gov.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN00118128-F 20020718/020717065008 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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