NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

66 -- MICROSCOPE, ATOMIC FORCE SOL 8-P-6-15-B2862 POC Contact Patsy Hoffman, GP24-I/Contract Specialist, 205-544-7040, or Jane Maples, GP24-L/Contracting Officer This notice is a combined Synopsis/RFQ for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 as a supplement with additional information included in this notice -- This notice serves as the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued -- This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ) for an atomic force microscope consisting of the following: Item 1: Atomic force microscope, ARIS 3500 or equal, with the ''all-mode head'' system, including ARIS 310 AFM head or equal, control electronics unit, true image control/processing software, sampling kit, instruction manual, ADA-3100-1 data acquisition card, 100 mhz Pentium with 1 gig hd, 16 mb memory and super vga monitor -- Shall meet the following salient characteristics: longest scan range possible (70 microns or greater) with corresponding XY resolution less than 5.0 nanometers; greatest height measurement range possible (9 microns or greater) with corresponding Z resolution of less than 1.0 nanometer; accommodate sample sizes 1 cm in diameter or greater and 1 cm in height or greater; manual micrometer XY positioning stage with X and Y travel ranges as great as the diameter of the sample and an XY resolution of 1.0 micron or less; system to operate to specification on normal table top in ambient conditions; capable of measuring solid or firm material, conducting and nonconducting; sharpened silicon probe sensors, a minimum of 5 mounted and 15 unmounted; system to include all data and image processing capability to record measurements, and to produce and record to disk the resulting data and topographic images; menu driven, windows based interface with system for ease of use -- Quantity 1 each -- Item (2) Fixed power microscope, ARIS 3361 or equal -- Shall meet the following salient characteristics: for use with item 1; optical microscope for alignment of sample to probe tip and for alignment of laser to cantilever probe sensor, 60X or greater magnification -- Quantity 1 each -- Item (3) Five micron interchangeable scan module, ARIS 3005 or equal -- Shall meet the following salient characteristics: for use with item 1; smallest possible XY resolution (0.2 nanometers or less) with corresponding scan range of 5 microns or greater; smallest possible Z resolution (0.01 nanometers or less) with corresponding height measurement range of one micron or greater -- Quantity 1 each -- No variation in quantity -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 90-37 -- This procurement is a total small business set- aside -- Delivery to MSFC (FOB Destination) is required within 30 days ARO -- No partial delivery -- Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 -- The quoter shall complete FAR 52.212-3 and submit it as part of their quote -- FAR 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 are applicable with the exception of 52.212-5(b)(1)-(5), (11)-(16), and (c) -- The quoter shall state in their quote their size status for this procurement as well as whether they are minority or woman-owned -- The SIC code and the size standard for this procurement are 3827 and 500 employees respectively -- If other than the brand name identified is quoted, then the quoter shall indicate the manufacturer, brand, and model/part number quoted and provide a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the brand name identified-- The quoter shall provide a description (including manufacturer, brand, and model no.) in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the specifications included in this notice -- If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled ''Buy American Act -- Supplies,'' the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin -- The quoter shall identify place of performance in their quote -- The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9 -- Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than 5/29/96 -- Companies shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quote -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e- mail to patsy.hoffman@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Quotations (including FAR 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications which may be obtained via the internet at ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov/proc_ref.html'' or at ''ftp://procure.msfc.nasa.gov/reps_certs/sats/'') are due on 6/7/96 to the address specified above to the attention of Patsy Hoffman/GP24-I -- Selection and award will be made on an aggregate basis to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quoter -- Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the quoter providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the Government's requirement -- FAR 52.204-4 applies -- The period of time expected for the Contracting Officer to solicit/evaluate vendor quotes and issue the purchase order will be approximately 45 days from publication of this notice in the CBD -- An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from quoters, potential quoters, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition -- The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them -- When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern -- The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of quotes, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes -- Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Susan M. Smith at 205-544-0012 -- Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Thomas S. Luedtke at 202-358-2090 -- Before consulting with any ombudsman, interested parties must try to resolve their concerns with the contract specialist or the contracting officer -- DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION -- This solicitation and any related documents to this procurement will be available over the Internet -- These documents will be in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC -- The WWW address, or URL, of the MSFC Procurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov''. (0143)

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