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66 -- DIODE-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER SOL 53SBNB867037 DUE 040398 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 one diode-pumped solid state laser, CLIN 0001. The laser shall have the following capabilities: greater than 12W of CW (TEM00, M2 of less than 1.2) output power at 1064 nm, less than 0.2% rms optical noise, less than five GHz line width, operates on 110/220V ac (20A), no external cooling water required, complete system includes power supply, closed loop chiller, and remote control, one year warranty on the full system for all parts and labor. CLIN 0002: one standard operating manual included with laser documentation. The contractor shall deliver this equipment within forty-five (45) days from the date of award of the purchase order. 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 April 21, 1998. SIC code is 3826. 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 to that 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 laser 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 EXCELLENCE: Capability of the item(s) offered to meet the NIST's need. The NIST will assign additional points to the degree which the quote exceeds the minimum requirements. Past performance and technical excellence, when combined, are significantly more important when compared to price. However, price may increase in importance as quotes approach technical equality. 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(s) above specified, technical description and/or product literature, two copies of the most recent publishedprice 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. Send submission to: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg MD 20899, ATTN: Keith Kennedy, Solicitation Number 53SBNB860037. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 3, 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. See Numbered Note 1. (0079)

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