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44 -- LARGE APERTURE DIAMETER HIGH TEMPERATURE DUAL CAVITY GRAPHITE TUBE BLACKBODY SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB960006 DUE 111298 POC : Teresa Reefe, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6364, Anita 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. SOLICITATION NUMBER 53SBNB960006 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 97-06. This acquisition is a total small business set-aside under SIC code 3821 and the related small business size standard is 500 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Optical Technology Division has a requirement for a Twin Cavity Large Aperture High Temperature Blackbody Furnace, as described in the technical specifications below, which will be used as a transfer source in calibrating heat flux gauges up to 300 watts centimeter squared. TheContract Line Item Numbers (CLIN), quantities, and unit issue are as follows: CLIN 0001, Blackbody with the Associated Heater, one (1) each; CLIN 0002, Power Supply, one (1) each; CLIN 0003, Computer/Micro-Processor Controlled Pyrometer Based Temperature Control System, one (1) each; CLIN 0004, Installation and demonstration, one (1) lot. The following are the technical specifications of the system: The complete blackbody system shall comprise of the blackbody with its associated heater, suitable power supply, and the computer/micro-processor controlled pyrometer based temperature control system. The largest diameter of the radiating aperture shall be at least 50 mm in diameter with a minimum heated length of 4.5 times the diameter on either side of the heated partition. The construction shall be of modular type to be able to use other smaller size heated cavities with the same power supply and support assembly. The operating temperature range of the blackbody to be 600 degrees Celsius to 2500 degrees Celsius, with 0.1 degrees Celsius long term stability over a period of 8 hours, and an aperture emissivity of 0.99+. The rise time to maximum temperature from ambient conditions shall be less than 15 minutes. The inner geometry from the base of the cavity to the exit of the extension sight tube shall be smooth without any step at the joints or at the end caps. The construction of the blackbody and the associated support structure shall be such as to facilitate testing of the sensors close to the exit of the blackbody and inside the heated cavity, and accept interchangeable extension pieces at the heated end of the cavity. The complete system including the blackbody, furnace and the control system shall be delivered, installed and demonstrated within 90 days after contract award. The vendor shall deliver all line items FOB Destination to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. 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 other (non-price) factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Technical capability to meet the agency need and 2) Past Performance. Technical and past performance when combined are significantly more important than price. 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, (10) 52.225-3, 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) Three (3) copies of a quotation which addresses CLINs 0001 through 0004; 2) Technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; 4) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); 5) A list of two (2) contracts/purchase orders completed during the past three years for similar equipment with the following information: Name of contracting activity, contract number, contract type, total contract value, contracting office and telephone number, and program manager and telephone number; 6) A 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 offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Attn: Teresa A. Reefe, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 12, 1998. Faxed offers will not be accepted. See numbered Note 1. Posted 10/27/98 (W-SN265695). (0300)

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