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

66 -- ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE-NEAR INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETER SOL 8-1-8-10-B7724 DUE 122497 POC June N. Blackwell, Contract Specialist, Phone (205) 544-0351, Fax (205) 961-0059, Email june.n.blackwell@msfc.nasa.gov -- Carlos M. Smiley, Contracting Officer, Phone (205) 544-0355, Fax (205) 544-9080, Email carlos.smiley@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-8-10-B7724. E-MAIL: June N. Blackwell, june.n.blackwell@msfc.nasa.gov. In accordance with Note 22, NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to Perkin Elmer; 761 Main Ave., MS 243; Norwalk, CT 06859 for the following requirement: SPECIFICATIONS: NSN = 6630 1. P/N = Supply Source = LAMBDA 900 UV-VIS-NIR-SPECTROMETER AND OPERATING SOFTWARE PERKIN-ELMER CATALOG #BV900NDO. DOUBLE BEAM, DOUBLE MONOCHROMATOR RATIO RECORDING UV/VIS/NIR SPECTROMETER WITH MICROCOMPUTER ELECTRONICS, CONTROLLED BY DEC PC OR COMPATIBLE PERSONAL COMPUTER. OPTICAL SYSTEM OF THE SPECTROMETER -- ALL REFLECTING OPTICAL SYSTEM {SIO2 COATED}, WITH HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING MONOCHROMATOR WITH 1440 LINES/MM UV/VIS AND 360 LINES/MM IN NIR; LITTROW MOUNTING, SAMPLE THICKNESS COMPENSATED DETECTOR OPTICS; PREALIGNED TUNGSTEN-HALOGEN AND DEUTERIUM SOURCES, PHOTOMULTIPLIER R955 FOR HIGH ENERGY IN THE WHOLE UV/VIS WAVELENGTH RANGE, PELTIER COOLED PBS DETECTOR FOR NIR. WAVELENGTH RANGE-185-3300 NM WITH N2 PURGING DOWN TO 175 NM; STRAY LIGHT -- -<0.00008% T AT 220, 340, & 370 NM MEASURED ACCORDING TO ASTM E-387; 1% ATTENUATOR IN REFERENCE BEAM. <0.0015% T AT 1690 NM WITH CHC13, 4 CM PATH-LENGTH . <0.0005% T AT 2365 NM WITH CHC13, 1 CM PATHLENGTH; WAVELENGTH ACCURACY-+/- 0.08 NM UV/VIS, +/- 0.30 NM NIR; WAVELENGTH REPRODUCIBILITY -<0.02 NM, UV/VIS RANGE, < 0.08 NM NIR STANDARD, <0.008 NM UV/VIS & 0.04 NM NIR RANGE, STANDARD DEVIATION FOR 10 MEASUREMENTS; BANDPASS RANGE-0.05 TO 5.00 NM IN 0.01 NM INCREMENTS UV/VIS, 0.2 TO 20 NM NIR RANGE IN 0.04 NM INCREMENTS, FIX RESOLUTION, CONSTANT ENERGY OR SLIT PROGRAMMING; PHOTOMETRIC RANGE-+/- 6A; PHOTOMETRIC LINEARITY-BETTER THAN 1% AT 3 ABSORBANCE MEASURED WITH ADDITIVE GRAY GLASSES; PHOTOMETRIC ACCURACY-+/- 0.003A OR 0.08% T AT 1A, +/-0.003A OR 0.05% T AT 0.6A, MEASURED WITH NIST FILTER 930D; PHOTOMETRIC REPRODUCIBILITY -- -<0.0008A STANDARD DEVIATION AT 1A USING NIST 930D FILTER AT 546.1 NM, 2 NM SLIT AND 2 SEC INTEGRATION. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The SIC code and the smallbusiness size standard for this procurement are 3826 and 500, respectively. The quoter shall state in their quotation their size status for this procurement. Any refereced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested firms have until December 22, 1997, to submit in writing to the identified point of contact, their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after December 22, 1997, or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed effort on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". (0350)

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