National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Div., Bldg. 301, Rm B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

66 -- PARTICLE IMAGING VELOCIMETRY SYSTEM SOL 52SBNB7C1118 DUE 040297 POC Patrick Staines, (301) 975-6335; fax (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) has a requirement to purchase a Particle Imaging Velocimetry System. Performance and Physical Specifications, which list all salient characteristics are available and can be obtained via facsimile by calling the POC listed above. Proposals shall include installation and training and a minimum one year manufacturer's warranty on the equipment. Manufacturer's sales literature or other documentation shall be provided in the proposals to show that offered product(s) meet or exceed requirements as specified in the Performance and Physical Specification document referenced above. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to NIST in Gaithersburg, MD. The desired delivery date is 60 days from date of contract award, the required delivery date is 90 days from the date of contract award. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation 52SBNB7C1118 is issued as a request for proposals (RFP). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Offerors shall comply with the provision at FAR 52.212-2 and submit a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in this solicitation. The following factors will be used to evaluate proposals: (i) Contractor's approach to meeting or exceeding the required hardware, software, qualifications, and operating modes for the proposed system, listed on the Performance and Specification document referenced above. (ii) meet or exceed specification #14 (ability to rapidly calculate vectors) listed on the Performance and Specification document. (iii) Past Performance -- proposals should contain a list of three recent customers for whom similar PIV systems have been delivered by the contractor, who may be contacted as part of the past performance evaluation. Please provide addresses and telephone numbers of contacts from these sources. These evaluation factors are listed in descending order of importance, with the first two factors being equal in points and adding up to 70 percent of the total technical points, Factor (iii) make up the remaining 30 points. Technical performance is significantly more important than price. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial items, applies to this acquisition. Also the clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms & Conditions required to implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (6) 52.222-26, (7) 52.222-35, (8) 52.222-36, (9) 52.222-37, (10) 52.225-3, (13) 52.225-18, and (15) 52.225-21. Offers are due by 3PM EST on April 4, 1997 and must include a copy of the provisions at 52.212-3, offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. All offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Division, Bldg. 301, Rm. B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. Faxed offers will not be accepted. For information, call the POC identified above. (0077)

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