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66 -- DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY TEMPERATURE SENSOR SOL 53SBNB860012 DUE 022498 POC Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-4390, Romena R. Moy, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-4999 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 FAR SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION ; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation, #53SBNB860012, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-03. This acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3826, and the small business size is 500 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for: (001) a quantity of one (1) each Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy Temperature Sensor; and (002) one (1) each 0-500 degree C, heated viewport for 2.75" outside diameter tapped mounting flange. The Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) Temperature Sensor shall be an optical, real-time, in situ temperature monitor, for use in a UHV MBE chamber to monitor temperature during III-V semiconductor growth by molecular beam epitaxy. Furthermore, the temperature sensor shall be able to operate in both a diffuse reflectance and direct transmission mode. The DRS Temperature Sensor shall have the following capabilities and/or specifications: Band-edge sensor with minimum 13 nanometer resolution; ability to operate in diffuse reflectance mode; ability to operate in direct transmission mode; temperature accuracy: +/- 5 degrees Centigrade; temperature resolution: +/- 0.5 degrees Centigrade; day-to-day reproducibility: +/- 0.5 degrees Centigrade; update rate: 1 s; capable of measuring the following materials over the specified temperature ranges: GaAs 0-800 degrees Centigrade, InP 0-700 degrees Centigrade, Si 0-600 degrees Centigrade; ability to perform analysis to display substrate temperature in real time; ability to output temperature information in a form useable for direct control of substrate heating, compatible with inputs from: type C thermocouple, type K thermocouple, DC voltage output; raw spectroscopic data (measured intensity vs. wavelength) available in non-proprietary format; all components exterior to vacuum; all embedded computer equipment shall be configuration-matched to the other hardware in the system; all control hardware (including the computer CPU, monitor, and keyboard) shall be fully rack-mountable; there shall be a minimum of 18' cabling between control hardware and optical input/output modules; the system shall have capability to support future addition of hardware for X-Y temperature mapping of substrate. Delivery is required within 8 weeks of Date of Award; Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Receiving Room, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. Acceptance location will be the address of the Contracting Officer=s Technical Representative (COTR). The FOB Point shall be Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. Evaluation Criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of provision 52.212-2 are, in descending order of importance, as follows: Technical capability to meet or exceed the Government=s specifications, Past performance, and Price. Technical evaluation criteria, when combined, are significantly more important than price. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. All vendors are to include with their quotes, a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. 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, including subparagraphs (6) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (7) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; (8) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; (9) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (10) 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; (13) 52.225-18, European Union Sanction for End Products; (15) 52.225-21, Buy American Act, North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program; and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Commerce Business Daily Numbered Note 1 applies to this acquisition. All interested responsible, small business concerns should submit quotes, by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time,on February 24, 1998, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. (0048)

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