SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- COMPARATOR BALANCE
- Notice Date
- 8/14/2002
- 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
- 02-822-5698
- Response Due
- 8/28/2002
- Point of Contact
- Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-4390, Fax (301) 975-8884, - Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-4390, Fax (301) 975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
tamara.grinspon@nist.gov, tamara.grinspon@nist.gov
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Mettler Toledo, Inc., of Columbus, OH, for acquisition of one (1) commercial, off-the-shelf Comparator Balance. The Comparator Balance will be used by the Manufacturing Metrology Division at NIST, to transfer the unit of mass from the national standard to the working standards and to disseminate the mass calibration services to customers.*****The Comparator Balance shall be warranted for three (3) years on parts, and one (1) year on labor.*****Installation shall be required.*****Delivery shall be FOB Destination, and be made within 45 days or less after receipt of order (ARO)***** Sole source determination is based on the need for a comparator balance that can meet all the following specifications and compatibility with existing comparators: (a) 0.0001 mg readability; (b) 0.002 mg repeatability; (c) 1011 g total weighing capacity; (d) automatic weight handler allowing for the automatic determination of four (4) weights; and (5) compatibility with other mass comparators currently being used in the laboratory, thus eliminating the need for extensive development of software and hardware needed to control the operation of the comparator and adapt it to the mass calibrations specific measurement requirements. Mettler Toledo, Inc. is the only vendor able to provide the Government with a comparator balance meeting all the above specifications and compatibility.*****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219, and the size standard is $6 million.*****No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by August 28, 2002, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.*****
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Shipping and Receiving, Building 301, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001
- Record
- SN00140340-W 20020816/020814213227 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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