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66 -- MULTI-TRACE PHOTOVOLTAIC TESTER SOL 53SBNB860115 DUE 081198 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, #53SBNB860115, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05. This acquisition is set-aside 100% for small business. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 8711, and the small business size is $2.5 Million. *****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for (CLIN #001) a quantity of one (1) Photovoltaic Multi-tracer Tester instrument. The instrument will be used to evaluate multiple building integrated photovoltaic modules and to capture the current versus voltage curves while electrically loading the modules at maximum power conditions. The instrument shall meet the following specifications: [1] The instrument shall permit peak power, fixed voltage, or user-set voltage profile electrical loading; [2] The instrument shall permit periodic I-V curve measurements of attached modules; [3] The instrument shall measure solar radiation as sensed by pyranometers and reference cells; [4] The instrument shall measure multiple ambient temperatures; [5] The instrument shall be capable of dissipating 2400 watts of power under steady-state conditions; [6] A 2-wire half-duplex RS-485 connection shall be provided; [7] An external RS-485 to RS-232 converter box shall be provided; [8] A 3-foot cable shall be provided to connect master box to slave box; [9] A 14 bit or greater analog to digital converter shall be used within the instrument; [10] The instrument shall be supplied with a Windows-based software control program that implements all data acquisition features as well as timing, averaging, and data storage; [11] The software program shall allow the user to set the parameters and port for adding auxiliary string data; [12] The instrument shall meet Input Specifications and Accuracy Requirements (OFFERORS INTERESTED IN QUOTING ON THIS COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION SHALL CALL Tamara Grinspon, at (301) 975-4390 [or fax their request to (301) 963-7732-Attn: Tamara Grinspon) to request that Input Specifications and Accuracy Requirements data be faxed to them); ***** Delivery is required within 90 days 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: (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 # 001; (B) Past Performance (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units, with indication of performance success); and (C) 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; 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, small business firms should submit quotes (original plus one copy of quote and enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on August 11, 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. See Numbered Note 1 Posted 07/28/98 (W-SN229101). (0209)

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