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66 -- DIGITAL RECORDING BALANCE SOL 53SBNB967024 DUE 011599 POC Brenda K. Lee, Contract Specialist (301) 975-6394, Lisa K. Jandovitz, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6344. WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contracts@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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation 53SBNB967024 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using simplified acquisition procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-06. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 3821. This is a small business size set-aside and the related small business size standard is 500 employees. This is a brand name or equal RFQ. The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), quantity is one each as follows: CLIN 0001, Cahn D-101 Digital Recording Balance 100g capacity Model 13101-01; CLIN 0002, 585mm x 54mm, Pyrex sample tube flothru Model 02487-01; CLIN 0003, D-Series Temperature Input Module for Type "K" Thermocouple Model 12986-01; CLIN 0004, Thermocouple, Type K, 450 mm x 3mm Model 02797-01; CLIN 0005, Sample Bowl, Quart, 19mm Model 12516-01; CLIN 0006, General Purpose Balance Stand Model 03405-01. CLIN 0007, Operating and Maintenance Manuals, 1 set; CLIN 0008, one year warranty, 1 job. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) intends to obtain on a brand name or equal basis, a Cahn D-101 Digital Recording Balance with the following specifications: a) dual range with a 100 gram maximum weighting capacity; b) Weighting sensitivity to plus or minus one microgram; c) Enclosed weighting chamber to allow precise temperature control and metering of nitrogen flow over permeation tubes; d) Configured such that 4 permeation tubes measuring 7 mm in diameter and 20 cm in length can be inserted and weighed in the chamber simultaneously; e) Vacuum capability to 10 X 10 -6 torr f) Maximum temperature 125 degrees Celsius; g) All critical weighting elements gold plated; h) PC software for calibration and run-time analysis; i) a set of NIST traceable calibration weights. Weight must be able to be measure at a rate of 10 per minute and tabulated in a computer file along with a time reference. The Digital Recording Balance is a versatile instrument that will be used in both the Standard Reference Material (SRM) and NIST Traceable Reference Material (NTRM) gas certification programs. The nature of SRM and NTRM certification in the Gas Metrology and Classical Methods Group dictates that the analytical methods and instrumentation used have tractability to SI units. The primary use of this instrument will be for the measurement of permeation devices. The features of the Cahn D-101 Digital Recording balance will allow the certification of selected SRM and NTRM gas mixtures such that calibration of permeation tubes can be accomplished during use and require only days to complete. The Government requires a twelve month warranty and one set of operation and maintenance manuals. Required delivery within 60 days from contract award. The instrument shall be tested and accepted within 45 days of delivery. FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination, Delivery location is National Institute of Standards & Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. The provision at FAR 52-212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items are applicable to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Government will make award to one offeror. The proposal selected for contract award will be made to the offeror whose proposal offers the best value to the Government, technical, price, and other factors considered. The Government will evaluate information based on the following criteria listed in descending order of importance with the TECHNICAL FACTORS being significantly more important than price. 1) Technical capability to meet the agency need; and 2) Past Performance. (Offerors must provide a list of at least five (5) references confirming the installation and use of these instruments). The technical factor is worth slightly less than three-fourths of the total point score. Past Performance factor is worth slightly more than one-fourth of the technical points. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. Offerors shall comply with the provision at FAR 52.212-1(b) and submit: 1) Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses CLINs 0001-0008; 2) Three (3) copies of technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in this solicitation; 3) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); and 4) Two (2) copies of a list of five references. The list of references shall include at minimum: The name of the reference contact person and the company or organization name; the telephone number of the reference contact person; the contract or grant number; the amount of the contract or grant, the telephone number and address of the Contracting Officer if applicable; and the date the equipment was delivered. Offerors shall include 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. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, and the clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (5) 52.219-14 (6) 52.222-26, (7) 52.222-35, (8) 52.222-36, (9) 52.222-37, (10) 52.225-3, (15) 52.225-21(I); Department of Commerce Agency Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST external web page, the Internet address is http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Submission shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Stop3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572, ATTN: Brenda K. Lee, Solicitation Number 53SBNB967024. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 15, 1999. Faxed offers will not be accepted. Requests for a copy of a solicitation package will be disregarded. No solicitation package will be issued. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Brenda K. Lee at the telephone number identified above. See Numbered Note 1 Posted 12/30/98 (W-SN284261). (0364)

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