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

66 -- REAR ILLUMINATED CCD DETECTOR SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB867036 DUE 030698 POC Contract Specialist, Keith Kennedy, (301) 975-6325; e-mail, keith.kennedy@nist.gov 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; NIST requests quotes but will not issue a request for quotes. Federal Acquisition Circular 97-03 applies to this acquisition. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to acquire a rear illuminated detector CCD system to detect and to analyze Raman signals in a Spex microRaman spectrometer. The system shall include the following items: CLIN 0001 -- one each, rear illuminated CCD detector with the following salient characteristics: A. Readout noise four to seven electrons at 50kHz, B. dark charge less than 0.5 electrons per pixel-hour -100 degrees Centigrade, C. UV/AR coating D. Response non-uniformity of less than plus or minus five percent over the entire CCD range, excluding the blemish regions. E. liquid Nitrogen hold time greater than 30 hours, F. Scan rate of 50-150 kHz, G. Well capacity 1,100,000 electrons; H. detector elements with more than 1000 plus pixels by 300 plus pixels. CLIN 0002 -- one each, ST-138 controller and ISA interface card ; CLIN 0003-one each, bona-fide Windows 95-based software which accompanies the detector; CLIN 0004-one each, adapter to Spex Triplemate spectrometer. The contractor shall deliver this equipment within ninety (90) days from the date of contract award. The system shall carry a warranty of one year from the date of acceptance. During the warranty period, the instrument shall be warranted against failure of all components, except consumable items that the contractor shall list in the documentation. Spare parts for the system shall be made available to the NIST for a period of not less than five (5) years from the system's last production date. Anticipated award date is March 25, 1998. SIC code is 3827. The small business size standard for this SIC code is 500 employees. FOB destination, 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. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The NIST will issue a purchase order resulting to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the NIST, price and other factors considered. The NIST will use the following factors, listed in descending order of importance, to evaluate quotes: A. PAST PERFORMANCE: The quoter shall identify at least three separate parties who have used the detector system over the past year. The NIST will randomly select references from the list provided in the quote and ask questions which will result in the collection of information regarding the following areas: 1. Technical capabilities, 2. reliability of hardware and software, 3. Ease of software use, and 4. Technical support for problem solving B. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY: meeting or exceeding specifications regarding dark charge and reduction of readout noise. The NIST will assign a higher technical ranking or rating to the degree which the quote exceeds the technical requirement. Past performance and technical capability when combined, are significantly more important when compared to price. Quoters 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 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; Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST external web page, the Internet address is http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Quoters shall submit the following: Quote which addresses each required item above specified. Quoters shall also submit technical description and/or product literature and two copies of the most recent 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, Gaithersburg MD 20899, ATTN: Keith Kennedy, Solicitation Number 53SBNB867036. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 6, 1998. The NIST will not consider an offer or modifications of the offer received at the address specified for the receipt of quotes after the exact time specified for receipt of quotes. The NIST will not accept a faxed quotation. 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