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70 -- DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB860033 DUE 040698 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6364 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 53SBNB860033 and is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-03. This acquisition is unrestricted. Responses are due on or before April 6, 1998. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's), Analytical Chemistry Division has a requirement for a Genie-ESP Alphaserver System, or equal. The system will be used to collect and store gamma-ray spectrometry data. This is a brand name or equal requirement. If quoting other than brand name product, the offeror must provide the manufacturer's brand, model or part number along with a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements of this announcement. This may include product literature, specification sheets, cuts, illustrations, drawings or other documents if necessary. The system shall be based on a Digital Alphaserver 800-333 and shall include: 1) AS800-333 Rackmount Alphaserver 800-333 MHz, 64MB memory, 4.3GB system disk, 1.44MB FD, CD ROM, Base OVMS 1ic, Digital Enterprise Integration package, Keyboard, Mouse, and Power Cord; 2) 17" Color Monitor; 3) 128MB Expansion; 4) 4.3GB Int HD; 5) Int. 8GB DAT; 6) Graphics Card, PCI; 7) Etherworks Ethernet, PCI; 8) LA400 Multiprinter; 9) LA400 Printer Stand; 10) 8 User OVMS; 11) OVMS Media & Doc; 12) Layered Prod/Enterprise Pkg.; 13) Fortran Traditional Lic.; 14) M11457-5 NAS 200 TRAD. LIC.; 15) S600 VMS SPEC APPS UNL USE; 16) ENGLISH LANGUAGE KIT; 17) S617 VMS GENIE 0 DISP, 1 ACQ; 18) S618 VMS GENIE-ESP 1-USER LIC.; 19) GENIE OPERATOR'S MANUAL; 20) S601 VMSNUCLIDE ID UNL USE; 21) S604 VMS NAA UNL USE; 22) VMS INTER PK SRCH UNL; 23) VMS DETECTOR QA UNL; 24) INTEGRATION OF BASE AXP; AND 25) INSTALLATION. The contractor shall deliver all line items FOB Destination, 45 days after contract award at NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a purchase order 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. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Price and 2) Technical capability to meet the agency need. 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, (7) 52.222-35, (8) 52.222-36, (9) 52.222-37, (10) 52.225-3, (13) 52.225-18, (15) 52.225-21, 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. The Contractor shall provide microcomputers, including personal computers, monitors, and printers, to meet "EPA Energy Star" requirements for energy efficiency. They shall be equipped with the energy efficient low-power standby feature as defined by the EPA Energy Star computers program. This feature shall be activated when the equipment is shipped and shall be capable of entering and recovering from the low-power state unless the equipment meets Energy Star efficiency levels at all times. All offerors shall submit the following: 1) Quote which addresses line item 0001 -- Genie-ASP Data Acquisition and Processing System, or equal; 2) technical description and/or product literature; 3) description of commercial warranty; 4) two (2) copies of the most recent published price list; and 4) one completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. All offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. Faxed offers will not be accepted. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 6, 1998. (0071)

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