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66 -- CLASS E1 WEIGHT SET SOL 53SBNB860157 DUE 091198 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6364, Anita K. Tolliver, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6308 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; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is 53SBNB860157 and is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05. The SIC code applicable to this acquisition is 3821 and the related small business size standard is 500 employees, however, this acquisition is unrestricted. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's), Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory has a requirement for a Class E1 Weight Set which will be used as standards of mass in the calibration services. The Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN), quantities, and unit issue are as follows: CLIN 0001, Class E1 Weight Set to include the following: 2kg, 5kg, 10kg, 20kg stainless steel OIML Weights, density shall be 8006 kg/meter cubed, non-magnetic 1.4539 steel. The weights must have neither a permanent magnetization nor be magnetically susceptible to external fields. The alloy used for the fabrication of the weights must be non-magnetic 1.4539 steel, have a magnetic susceptibility of 0.0033 and a density of 8006 kg/meter cubed, QUANTITY: four (4) each. The contractor shall deliver all line items FOB Destination to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. The desired delivery time is 8 weeks, the required delivery time is 12 weeks. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition, with the following addenda: paragraph (f) is deleted in its entirety. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Technical capability to meet the agency need, and 2) Ability to meet delivery schedule. 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, (7) 52.222-35, (8) 52.222-36, (9) 52.222-37, (15) 52.225-21 -- Alternate I, 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 offerors shall submit the following: 1) 2 copies of quotation which addresses line item 0001; 2) technical description and/or product literature; 3) description of commercial warranty; 4) two (2) copies of the most recent published price list; and 4) one completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. All submissions shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. Faxed submissions will be accepted at (301) 975-5007. For information, call the POC identified above. Submissions should be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 11, 1998. Posted 09/04/98 (W-SN246476). (0247)

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