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66 -- HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL SLOW-SCAN CCD CAMERA SOL 53SBNB960029 DUE 012199 POC Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-4390 and Pauline Mallgrave, Contract Officer, (301) 975-6330. WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www,nist.gov/admin/od/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, #53SBNB960029, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-09. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3861, and the small business size is 500 Employees.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a high resolution cooled digital slow-scan CCD camera system -- Photometrics brand (#PMQL-1400M-C1NS) or equal -- to be used for fluorescence intensity standards development on both a solid and particle format; for imaging of fluorescent signals in cytogenetic standards work with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); for imaging of transport of fluorescent indicator molecules through synthetic membrane pores; and for imaging cellular/substrate interactions in tissue engineering research on the biocompatibility of synthetic cellular substrates.*****Salient characteristics of the CCD camera system are as follows: The CCD shall consist of a research-grade CCD optical detector with greater than 30 percent quantum efficiency at 500-850 nanometers wavelength, a sensitivity including wavelengths of 400-1080 nanometers, a dark charge less than 0.02 electrons/pixel/sec at minus 35 degrees Centigrade and a 1000 by 1000 pixel array with individual pixels of less than 7 microns squared. The required readout noise shall be less than 16 electrons at 1 Megahertz and the camera shall have a dynamic range of 12 bits. Cooling shall be by liquid recirculation system for low temperature operations (minus 35 degrees Centigrade). In addition, the CCD system shall be compatiblewith an Olympus BH2 fluorescence microscope; the CCD system shall contain a monochromatic detector with high sensitivity; the CCD shall be compatible with PC based software IPLabs; the system shall contain a large, high grade CCD chip such as the KAF1400, grade 1; the CCD shall be operable to 35 degrees below zero Centigrade; the CCD supplier shall be able to supply high-quality imaging software and support for the lifetime of the instrument. Offerors shall have a substantial professional reputation (of ten years or more) in the genetics imaging community for CCD imaging expertise as applied to cytogenetics work (offerors shall submit evidence of their professional experience, including CCD imaging expertise as applied to cytogenetics work in the genetics imaging community). Offerors shall provide installation by "C-mount" fitting; installation of the video graphics card shall also be provided by offerors. Offerors shall be required to fix any Y2K problems promptly (service response shall be made within 5 working days). Offerors shall provide technical software support, via telephone, for the lifetime of the software.*****Delivery is required within six weeks after receipt of order (ARO).*****Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3574, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3574. The FOB point shall be DESTINATION, Gaithersburg, MD.*****The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (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 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, plus the offeror's current official price list for item(s) quoted; (B) Past Performance (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and soldcomparable units, with indication of performance success); and (C) Price. Technical evaluation criteria [(A) and (B)], when combined, are significantly more important than price.*****The Government anticipates awarding 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. 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 (7) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (8) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (9) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (10) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (16)(ii) Alternate I of 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program; 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 firms should submit quotes (original plus one copy of quote and enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington DC time, on January 21, 1999, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: Tamara Grinspon, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. Posted 01/06/99 (W-SN285466). (0006)

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