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66 -- NANOSCOPE E SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE SOL 53SBNB760267 DUE 082297 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. The solicitation number is 53SBNB760267 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 90-46. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code is 3826, and the small business size is 500 employees. The contract line item number (CLIN) and item, quantity and unit of measure is: CLIN 0001 is a quantity of 1 each NanoScope E Scanning Probe Microscope Model No. NSE-01; CLIN 0002 1 each Dimension 3000 Scanning Probe Microscope Model No. D3000; CLIN 0003 1 each Dimension AFM Microscope Head Model No. DAFM; CLIN 0004 1 each 6-inch Vacuum Chuck for Dimension 3000 Model No. DSC150; CLIN 0005 1 each Nanoidenting/Scratching Option for Dimension Series SPMs Model No. DNISO; CLIN 0006 1 each Vibration Isolation Table for the MMAFM, BioScope or D3000 Model No. VT-102; CLIN 0007 1 each Silicon Nitride Probe Model No. DNP-20; CLIN 0008 1 Job Two days installation and Training at the Customers Site Model No. ITSC; CLIN 0009 1 each Special Modifications to D3000 Model No. Spec333. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate with Digital Instruments, 112 Robin Hill Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 on a sole source basis to acquire CLIN's 0001-0008. The equipment must provide the following: 1) Be totally compatible with existing atomic force equipment in the materials science and engineering laboratories, so that experiments can be operated on all machines with complete interchangeability. 2) Have a linear scan distance of a minimum of 85 microns. 3) Have a single scanner to be able to scan both small (less than 50 nanometers) and large (greater than 85 microns) without having to interchange scanner heads. 4) The scanner must have two part tube assembly to be able to follow both large (up to 6 microns) and small (down to 2 nanometers) displacements without tube interchange. 5) Feedback control of tip separation must be digital for data management and experimental control. 6) Stage must accommodate specimens up to 50 millimeters thick and 100 microns in diameter. The Government seeks a high resolution atomic force microscope for investigating ceramic micro structures. Digital Instruments is the only source that can meet essential compatibility requirements with existing atomic force microscopes within Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) at NIST and collaborators at other institutions. MSEL currently has two existing atomic force microscopes, with attachments supplied by Digital Instruments that can only be used with Digital microscopes. These attachments include a wet cell for environmental studies, and magnetic field microscopy attachment for mapping magnetic field changes as a function of material domain structure on a specimen surface. NIST currently has a joint program with a University, and it is essential to the standardization of our program that we be able to interchange specimens on identical microscopes in the two groups. Required delivery within 90 days from contract award. FOB 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. Offeror 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 Statutes 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; DOC AGENCY-LEVEL PROTEST PROCEDURES LEVEL ABOVE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, which can be downloaded from the the NIST external web page, the Internet address is http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Digital Instruments shall submit the following: Quote which address the CLIN's 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, which may be downloaded from the NIST external web page, the Internet address is http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. Submission shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, GaithersburgMD 20899, ATTN: Brenda K. Lee, Solicitation Number 53SBNB760267. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 22, 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. Faxed quotations will not be accepted. See Note Numbered 1 (0227)

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