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66 -- SOLID STATE LASER SOL 40SBNB860084 DUE 072098 POC Contract Specialist, David Orris, (301) 975-4154; Contracting Officer, Paul Cataldo, (301) 975-6332 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. Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04 applies to this acquisition. The National Institute of Standards (NIST) has a requirement for a Millenia x 10W laser and intends to negotiate with Spectra-Physics, P.O., Box 7013, 1330 Terra Bella Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94039 on a noncompetitive basis. See Note 22. The SIC for this procurement is 3699. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. The specified product, the Millenia X 10W, is the only know solid state laser that satisfies the following essential system requirements: i) power: 10 Watts, ii) wavelength: 532 NM, iii) electrical requirements: 110 VAC, iv) optical noise: less than or equal to 0.1%, v) laser shall have fiber coupled diodes, vi) laser shall have no external water cooling, and vii) laser shall have one year warranty. FOB is destination. Delivery is required two weeks after award of purchase order at the following location: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, RT 270 @ Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. NIST intends to solicit one source pursuant to FAR 13.106-2(a)(5), which permits solicitation from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. However, NIST will consider all capability statements received within 14 days after the posting of this combined synopsis-solicitation. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by submitting a written capability statement. The capability statement must provide adequate information describing how the they will satisfy the above requirements. If it is determined that more than one source can satisfy the requirements of this acquisition, NIST will solicit competitive quotations. However, this determination is solely within the discretion of NIST. The provision 52.212-1, Instructions to offerors -- Commercial items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required To Implement Statues Or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. In compliance with the said clause, the following additional clauses are incorporated as part of and apply to the acquisition: 52.203-6; Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity; 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; 52.225-18, European Union Sanction for End Products; and 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program, with Alternate I. Department of Commerce Agency Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer apply to this acquisition. These protest procedures can be downloaded from the NIST external web page, the Internet address is: http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Spectra-Physics shall submit the following: Quotation which addresses the following contract line item number (CLIN): CLIN 0001, Millenia X 10W Laser. Spectra Physics shall also submit a 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 52.213-3, 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 National Institute of Standardsand Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Attn: Mr. David Orris, Solicitation 40SBNB860084. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 20, 1998. The offer or modifications to the offer received at the address specified for the receipt of offers/quotes after the exact time specified for receipt of offers/quotes will not be considered. Faxed quotations will not be accepted. Posted 06/30/98 (0181)

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