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66 -- MONOLITHIC CAPILLARY NDP OPTIC SOL 53SBNB7C1110 DUE 032697 POC Brenda K. Lee (301) 975-6394, CO Lisa K. Jandovitz (301) 975-6344 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 53SBNB7C1110 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code is 3229, and the small business size is 750 employees. The contract line item number (CLIN) and item, quantity and unit of measure is: CLIN 0001 is a quantity of 1 each Monolithic Capillary NDP Optic for cold/thermal neutrons to include Optic bundle OD 1cm; Output focal distance less than or equal to 1.5 cm; Gain greater or equal to 10; Focal Spot Size less than 200 micrometers. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to award to X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., 90 Fuller Road, Albany, NY 12205, on a sole source basis for a Monolithic Capillary NDP Optic. The Government requires a tapered glass capillary lens for neutron focusing with an entrance of no less than 10 mm in diameter, with a focal spot of less than 0.2 mm in diameter, and a neutron current density gain of not less than 10. The Government requires a focusing device to be placed in a neutron beam to produce a focal size of less than 0.2 mm diameter. The incident beam has a maximum cross section of 30 mm (horizontal) and 50 mm (vertical), and comes from a guide with a full divergence of 70 mrad per nm. The curved guide views the reactor cold source and has a neutron wavelength spectrum starting at 0.2 nm, a maximum around 0.5 nm, and then tails off at a neutron wavelength of 1.0 nm. The incident beam has a current density of 10 E 9 per cm E 2 per The gain in current density of the device should be at least 10. The device will be placed inside a vacuum chamber. The entrance of the device should be greater than 10 mm diameter, and no greater than 60 mm. The device should produce a focal spot which is no more than 300 mm from the entrance of the device, and at least 10 mm from the exit of the device. This is a sole source procurement because X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., is the only manufacturer that has fabricated such devices with gains of greater than 10. Required delivery within 180 days from contract award. FOB Destination Gaithersburg MD. Delivery location is National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Receiving Room, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and includes the following FAR clauses: FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veteran Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; FAR 52.225-18, European Community Sanctions for End Products; FAR 52.225-21, Buy American Act-NAFTA Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program. Interested offers shall submit the following: Quotes which addresses the CLIN established in the CBD announcement; Technical description and/or product literature; Three copies of the published price list and one completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; Submission shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg MD 20899, ATTN: Brenda K. Lee, Solicitation Number 53SBNB7C1106. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 26, 1997. Offers or modifications of offers received at the address specified for the receipt of offers/quotes after the exact time specified for receipt of offers will not be considered. Copies of the above referenced clause are available upon request either by telephone at (301) 975-6394 or fax at (301) 963-7732. Faxed proposal will not be accepted. This announcement constitute the only solicitation and a written solicitation will not be issued. Interested offerors may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirements by submitting a capability statement. The capability statement must provide adequate information and qualifications of your ability to provide the requested system in order for the Government to consider whether to open this request for competition. However, all capability statements received within 15 days after date of preparation of this synopsis/solicitation will be considered by the Government. See Note Numbered 1 (0070)

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