US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), PGAS, Procurement Operations Division, 1325 East West Highway, Station 4301, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283

67 -- PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM SOL 52-DGNC-5-00195 DUE 073195 POC Eleanor E. Kaul, Contract Specialist or Gregory N. Smith, Contracting Officer, 301/713-0823 or fax 301/713-0806 NOAA intends to award a contract on a sole source basis for a base year with two (2) option years for the following estimated annual supply of films from AGFA Division, Bayer Corp., 200 Ballardvale St., MS-200-3-9K, Wilmington, MA 01887-1069: AGFA High Tech Blue HTB3 0.007, 48'' x 100', rolled EMULSION IN, p/n 3UF8J, 324 rolls per year; AGFA High Tech Blue HTB3 0.007, 22'' x 57'', p/n 3UF4A, 125 boxes of 50 sheets per box per year. These films will be used to make negatives and positives for the NOAA Enroute Navigational charts. Vendors who believe they can provide these goods are invited to submit in writing information demonstrating these film characteristics: (1) Negative-working, contact-speed, high-contrast, and blue sensitive film; (2) Dimensional stability as follows: 0.007 inch thickness, thermal coefficient percent per degree Fahrenheit unprocessed at 0.0012 and processed at 0.0012, humidity coefficient percent per a percentage relative humidity (RH) unprocessed at 0.0017 and processed at 0.0013; (3) can be handled under 48 inch, high visibiity 40 watt, yellow fluorescent or gold florescent tubes, diffused with covers; contractor shall provide spectral sensitivity graph; (4) can be exposed using variable voltage, point source lamp; there is a wide exposure latitude of 20-63 seconds on intensity 6; an exposure of 20 seconds provides a clear image of 0.05 D min; 4.00+ D max, solid step 3 on a T-14 Control Scale; a 63 second exposure provides a clear image 0.05 D min; 4.00+ D max, solid step 7 on a T-14 Control Scale; there is an exposure latitude range of 0.75 density; (5) can be processed in rapid access (RA) chemistry, preferably can also be processed in litho chemistry; must provide high gradient to produce excellent line edge images with only a minimum change in exposure; must exhibit a hard dot quality, good dot-for-dot reproduction capability. Line or sharpness will be demonstrated by comparing the following emulsion characteristics: line edge trace, percent fringing, as reflected in measurements from the characteristics curve (H&D Curve); (6) Must have exceptional image quality with reduced pinholes; this capability will be demonstrated by comparing the density latitude of the film, i.e., the range of exposure possible while maintaining adequate density; (7) must provide high ultraviolet (U.V.) transmission for contact exposure, as demonstrated by comparing density readings at 0.05 D min and 4.0 D max, solid step 4 on a T-14 Control Scale, when contacted. See Note 22 (0170)

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