SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- UV-NIR Spectroradiometer System
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-05-844-3557
- Response Due
- 8/26/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/10/2005
- 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 through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-04. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is being competed on an unrestricted basis. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has a requirement for one (1) UV-NIR Spectroradiometer System. The contract line items for this request for quotation are as follows: LINE ITEM 0001: Quantity: One (1) Unit Each ? UV-NIR Spectroradiometer System. that meets or exceeds the following specifications: 1) Si diode array- spectral range from 190 nm to 1015 nm with resolution of 3 nm with 1 MHz readout frequency. 2) InGaAs diode array- spectral range of 960 nm to 1690 nm with 5 nm resolution and 1 Mhz readout frequency. 3) The optical input to the respective spectroradiometers shall have a common cosine collector with a bifurcated fiber. 4) The systems shall be controlled using Labview software for custom control. 5) The respective arrays must be able to accommodate an external trigger for interfacing with other equipment which may be a pulsed Xenon source or a solar simulator. 6) The spectroradiometers must be able to maintain NIST calibrated scale for spectral irradiance. The temporal stability of the spectroradiometer shall be less than 1 percent over 2 weeks, so that the NIST spectral irradiance scale describe in the NIST Special Publication SP250-20 can be transferred to the equipment in line 5. The NIST Special Publication SP250-20 can be found at this website: http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/233/calibrations/Publications/sp250_series.htm DELIVERY SHALL BE FOB DESTINATION and shall be delivered not later than ten (10) weeks from acceptance of order to NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. The Contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with standard commercial procedures. The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; and 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; Clauses: 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; 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: 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor ? Cooperation With Authorities And Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer? Central Contractor Registration; and 52.214-35 Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency. QUOTATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Offerors shall read FAR 52.212-1 and submit two (2) complete copies of their quotation in accordance with paragraph (b) of that provision. Each quote shall include items (1) through (11) of FAR 52.212-1(b), to include past performance information noted in (10). PRICING MUST BE INCLUDED AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT FROM ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS. Questions regarding this RFQ shall be emailed to lisa.wells@nist.gov so that they are received by August 19, 2005. NIST will publish an amendment to this RFQ to provide answers to questions received by that date. All quotes shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition Management Division, Attn: Lisa Wells, Building 301, Room B129, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. Quotes must be received by 3:30:00 p.m. eastern time on August 26, 2005. FAXED AND EMAILED QUOTATIONS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. No payments will be made for the deliverables before the Technical Contact indicates written acceptance of the deliverables after acceptance testing. NIST intends to award a purchase order to the offeror whose quote represents the best value to the Government, technical, price, and other factors considered. The Government will evaluate quotes based on the following evaluation criteria: (1) The extent to which the offered solution meets or exceeds minimum RFQ specifications, (2) Past Performance Information, and (3) Evaluated Price. (1) and (2), when combined, are significantly more important than (3). Past Performance Information will be evaluated to determine the overall quality of the products and services provided by the offeror. Evaluation of past performance information may be based on information obtained from the references provided by the offeror and/or information obtained from other sources. In the event of no relevant past performance information, the Government will assign a neutral past performance rating. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS Because of heightened security, FED-EX, UPS or similar delivery methods are the preferred method of delivery of proposals. If quotes are hand delivered, delivery must be made through Gate A, and a 48 hour (excluding weekends and holidays) prior notice should be made to the Contract Specialist at 301-975-8171. Notice must include the company name, name of the individual making the delivery, and the country of citizenship of the individual. For non-US citizens, the following additional information will be required: title, employer/sponsor, and address. Please ensure that the individual making the delivery brings photo identification, or they will be denied access to the facility. NIST IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LATE DELIVERY DUE TO THE ADDED SECURITY MEASURES. In addition, offerors who do not provide a 48-hour notification in order to coordinate entrance to the NIST campus assume the risk of not being able to deliver offers on time. The Government is not responsible for the amount of time required to clear unannounced visitors, visitors without proper identification and without complete information that would allow delivery (i.e. point of contact, telephone POC, building, room number, etc.) If 48 hour notification was not provided, it is suggested that your company representative or your courier service arrive at NIST at least 90 minutes prior to the closing time in order to process entry to the campus through the visitors center and complete delivery.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN00872431-W 20050819/050817211731 (fbodaily.com)
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