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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 11, 2006 FBO #1719
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- Piezo Fine Focus for XYZ Specimen Stage for UV Microscope

Notice Date

8/9/2006
 

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-06-821-3792
 

Response Due

8/21/2006
 

Archive Date

9/5/2006
 

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 Newport Corporation, 1791 Deere Ave., Irvine, CA 92606 for the purchase of a Piezo Fine Focus for XYZ Specimen Stage for an existing UV Microscope. Sole source determination is based on the need for the piezoelectric actuators and their controllers to be compatible mechanically, electrically, and algorithmically with an existing NIST UV Microscope manufactured by Newport. Newport is the sole manufacturer of the equipment which includes unique and proprietary capabilities that are required to satisfy the Government?s minimum requirements. Delivery shall be FOB Destination and be completed in accordance with the Contactor?s commercial schedule. As defined in the federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), FOB Destination means: 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 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, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-0001. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 Employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the government will consider responses received by 21 August 2006. 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: NIST Gaithersburg, MD

Zip Code: 20899

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01109939-W 20060811/060809220423 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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