National Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management, 6011 Executive Blvd., Rockville, Maryland 20892-7260

66 -- MASS SPECTROMETER SOL 263-99-B(GG)-0016 DUE 012899 POC Catherine Hiltner, Contract Specialist, (301) 402-3063; Edward B. Wilgus, Contracting Officer, (301) 402-3070 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial item, 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; bids are being requested and a written solicitation WILL NOT be issued. The solicitation, number 263-99-B(GG)-0016, is issued as an invitation for bid. The solicitation/contract shall include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 97-09. This is not set-aside for small business. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 3826; small business size standard is 500 employees. The contractor shall furnish and install a Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer capable of providing both rapid and accurate determination of molecular weight and sequence information for natural as well as synthetic peptides and proteins analyzed in conjunction with Edman sequencing capabilities. The system shall be capable of the following performance specifications: (1) Shall have a footprint no greater than 30 inches wide and 27 inches deep; (2) Shall be capable of manual and automated, unattended analysis of peptides, proteins and oligonucleotides with a sample plate capacity for not less than 100 samples per plate; (3) Shall have both linear and reflector capabilities. Shall provide product ion response up to a mass range maximum of 350 kiloDaltons. The minimum linear path length shall be at least 1.3 meters and the minimum path length for reflector operations shall be 2.0 meters in length. (4) The system shall have a sensitivity measured as a signal to noise greater than 20:1 observable for the 1672.918 ion for 50 femtomoles of Neurotensin in the linear and reflector modes. (5) The system shall have a resolution of greater than 10,000 in the reflector mode with a 2 Gigahertz digitizer. (6) Shall have a resolution of greater than 1,000 for Myoglobin in the linear mode with a 2 Gigahertz digitizer. (7) Shall have a mass accuracy of less than or equal to plus or minus 0.002% for a peptide with internal calibration in the reflector mode. (8) Shall be of a two field source design with delayed extraction, a high performance nitrogen laser with a 337 nanometer wavelength and a continuously variable power supply up to 170 microJoules. (9) Shall be capable of automated analysis using either a raster or spiral search pattern of the sample spot under complete automated control having the ability of providing an automated internal calibration cycle in an automation mode when required by the user. The contractor shall extend to the Government full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale. Delivery shall be f.o.b. destination within consignee's premises to the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. The Government desires delivery to be made within 60 calendar days from date of contract award. If the offeror is unable to meet the desired delivery schedule, it may, without prejudicing evaluation of its offer, propose a delivery schedule. However, the offeror's proposed delivery schedule must not extend the delivery period beyond the Government's REQUIRED delivery schedule of 120 calendar days after contract award. The Government will award a contract to the lowest, responsible bidder whose bid conforms to the solicitation. The following FAR provisions/clauses are applicable to this solicitation and any resultant contract: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-4,. Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; and, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of clause 52.212-5 are applicable: 52.203-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-23, Alternate I, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, and 52.225-29. As an addendum to the provision at FAR 52.212-1, FAR clause 52.214-21 entitled Descriptive Literature is applicable. The descriptive literature is required to establish, for the purpose of bid evaluation and award, details of the product the bidder proposes to furnish as to size, configuration, performance characteristics, etc. Descriptive literature must be (1) identified to show the item(s) of the offer to which it applies and (2) be received by the time specified in this solicitation for receipt of bids. Failure to submit descriptive literature may require rejection of the bid. The failure of descriptive literature to show that the product offered conforms to the requirements of this solicitation will require rejection of the bid. As an addendum to FAR 52.214-4, the following clause shall apply: "Year 2000 Warranty -- Commercial Supply Items": The contractor warrants that each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered under this contract and listed below shall be capable to accurately process date data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and the year 1999 and the year 2000 and leap year calculations,when used in accordance with the product documentation provided by the contractor, provided that all listed or unlisted products (e.g., hardware, software, firmware) used in combination with such listed product properly exchange date data with it. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. The duration of this warranty and the remedies available to the Government for breach of this warranty shall be as defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of the contractor's standard commercial warranty or warranties contained in this contract, provided that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in such commercial warranty or warranties, the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include repair or replacement of any listed product whose noncompliance is discovered and made known to the contractor in writing within ninety (90) daysafter acceptance. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than year 2000 performance." A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, is required as part of the offer. A copy may be obtained from the contracting officer identified herein or accessed electronically at http://www.gsa.gov/far/. Offers are due in the contracting office designated in this synopsis by 3:00 p.m. local time, January 28, 1999. Facsimile submissions are not authorized. Posted 12/21/98 (W-SN282275). (0355)

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