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67 -- CCD CAMERA SYSTEM, INTENSIFIED AND GATED SOL 53SBNB860045 DUE 050298 POC Contracting Officer, Joan M. Smith, (301) 975-6458, Contract Specialist, Tamara Grinspon, (301) 975-4390 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contract 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, #53SBNB860045, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3231, and the small business size is 500 Employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for: a quantity of one (1) Intensified and Gated CCD Camera System, for use in plasma research at NIST. The system shall include the following items: (0001) one, 1 MHz, 16 bit ISA bus PC controller card; (0002) one TTL I/O breakout box for triggering; (0003) one EEV 02-06 385x578 element CCD sensor with an 18mm fiber optically coupled image intensifier, 2nsec optical gate, and sealed TE cooled head; (0004) one Lens mount adopter plate for C mount lens; and (0005) one C mount 50 mm focal length f/l.8 lens. The CCD Camera System shall meet or exceed the following specifications: Gating Speed: 2 ns; Dynamic Range: 16 bits at 1 MHz; Spectral Range: 180-850 nm; Coupling: Fiber Optic; Maximum Gain: 1000; CCD Pixels: 385x578; and Dark Current; 0.03 electrons per pixel per second. The Contractor shall provide on-site installation and a one-day training session for operation of the system. The camera system (including line items 0001-0005 above) shall include a one year warranty on parts and labor. Delivery is required within 10 weeks after receipt of order (ARO). Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Receiving Room, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. 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 (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units, with indication of performance success), 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 quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. . Offerors shall address all requirements in this combined synopsis/solicitation, and shall provide clear evidence of understanding and the ability and willingness to comply with the Government's specifications of need. Failure to address a specification/requirement will be construed by the Government as inability to meet the need or the offeror's taking exception to it. All vendors are to include with their quotes, a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. 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. All interested, responsible firms should submit quotes, by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on May 2, 1998, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: Tamara Grinspon, 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 (0106)

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