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66 -- ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER SOL 53SBNB960064 DUE 040799 POC Patricia Duggan, (301) 975-8007, FAX (301) 963-7732 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 will not be issued. The solicitation number is 53SBNB960064 and is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This action is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3826. The small business size standard is 500 employees. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for one environmental chamber. The design, physical, and performance characteristics of the environmental chamber shall include the following: (1) the interior dimensions of the environmental chamber shall be 80-120 cm wide by 80-120 cm deep by 80-120 cm high; (2) the exterior dimensions of the environmental chamber shall not exceed 50" wide by 82" deep by 88" high; (3) temperature specifications: range of -40 C to 180 C; uniformity of 0.7 C inside the full working volume; control tolerance of 0.3 C from the control point; cooling speed of <70 minutes from 70 C to -35 C with 50 lb. thermal load; heating speed of <45 minutes from -35 C to 70 C with 50 lb. thermal load; (4) humidity specifications: range of 10% to 98% relative humidity; uniformity of 1.0% relative humidity; and control constancy of 2.5% relative humidity; (5) environmental chamber must be fully programmable with capability to store process parameters for future repetitive use and to edit existing control routines; and (6) an IEEE computer interface is required for automated process control. Required delivery is FOB Destination (Gaithersburg, MD) within 60 days after date of award. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, is applicable to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a fixed price 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 will be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical Capability, (2) Past Performance, and (3) Price. Factors 1 and 2, when combined, are significantly more important than price. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the Government. All offerors shall submit the following with their quote: (1) technical description and/or product literature; (2) a list of three contracts completed during the past three years for identical items with the following information: name of contracting activity, contract number, total contract value, contracting officer, and telephone number; and (3) a completed copyof the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (available at the Internet site www.arnet.gov/far). The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; and 52.212-5(a) -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses, which are cited in 52.212-5(b), are applicable to this acquisition: 52.226-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-21, Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act -- Balance of Payments Program (Alternate I); Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer (available at Internet site www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm). All interested responsible firms should submit quotes by 3:00 p.m. EST on April 7, 1999. Quotes should be mailed to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3572, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572, ATTN: Patricia Duggan. Faxed quotes will not be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone (301-975-8007) or fax (301-963-7732). Posted 03/25/99 (W-SN312535). (0084)

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