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

67 -- HIGH SPEED DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB860092 DUE 070698 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 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, #53SBNB860092, 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 5049, and the small business size is 500 Employees. ***** The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for (CLIN #001) a quantity of one (1) High Speed Digital Imaging System and (CLIN #002) a quantity of one (1) Standard C Mount Video Camera Lens f-25mm. ***** The Contractor shall provide a High Speed Digital Imaging System (CLIN Item 001) which shall meet the following specifications: **(1) The Camera shall be capable of taking up to 10 exposures per frame, each independently programmable for exposure, and with delay times from 100 nanoseconds to 1000msec;** (2) The Camera shall be precisely triggerable, using external TTL signals;** (3) The Sensor Type shall be a peltier cooled monochrome CCD-Interline Progressive Scan with "lens-on-chip";** (4) The Number of Pixels shall be at least 1280(H) x 1024(V);** (5) Readout time in full (1280 x 1024) frame shall be at least 8 frames per second; ** (6) Spectral Response shall be 280 nm to 1000 nm;** (7) Dynamic Range shall be 12-bit at 12.5 MHz;** (8) The Camera shall have capability of binning horizontally from 1 to 8, and vertically from 1 to 128;** (9) The Lens Mount shall be standard C mount with adjustable back focus;**(10) The Camera shall be controlled from, and be capable of transferring images directly to, a PC computer via PCI Local bus compatible, revision 2.1;** (11) The PCI Interface Board shall have on board buffer RAM of at least 16 Mbytes;** (12) The Exposure Sequence shall be capable of manual or remote trigger initiation from a TTL pulse (BNC);** (13) The Camera shall be supplied with user software to provide image enhancement, including independent brightness and contrast control;** (14) CLIN Items 001 and 002 shall include a one (1) year full warranty on all parts and labor;** (15) The Contractor shall provide one (1) day for installation and training on operation of the system;** and (16) The Contractor shall provide service/repairs, as follows: (A) Camera equipment requiring repair/service during the 1-year warranty period will be shipped to the Contractor by NIST; the Contractor shall repair/service and return the equipment to NIST according to the following timeframe: desired/within 4 days, and required/within 9 days (these timeframes include repair and shipping time to NIST); and (B) It is desired that the Contractor provide a camera unit on loan to NIST, at no charge to the Government, while the equipment is being repaired.** The Contractor shall provide a Standard C Mount Video Camera Lens f-25mm (CLIN Item 002). *****Delivery is desired within 5 weeks After Receipt of Order (ARO); delivery is required within 8 weeks 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: (A) Technical capability to meet or exceed the Government's specifications (offerors shall submit a quotation addressing all required specifications, and shall provide descriptive literature and price list for CLIN Item #'s 001 and 002); (B) Performance Demo (offerors who are identified by NIST as technically acceptable, will be called by the Contract Specialist at NIST and shall then provide a High Speed Digital Imaging System and Lens, as described in offerors' written quotation, for demonstration by offeror and testing by the end user at NIST (the unit will be connected with NIST's existing testbed and various tests will be performed to check whether the unit meets all the specs clearly shown in the synopsis including speed, sensitivity, delayed triggering accuracy, dynamic range, etc.); the demo shall take place within 4 calendar days of telephone notification from NIST-offerors preferring to deliver equipment to NIST for testing, rather than making an in-person demo, may do so); and Price. Additional weight will be given to offerors who provide a camera unit on loan to NIST during repairs (as described in specification number (16) above. 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 and demo, 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 thisacquisition, 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; 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 (original plus one copy of quote and enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on July 6, 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. (0170)

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