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66 -- GONIOMETER SOL 53SBNB960067 DUE 042399 POC Patricia Duggan, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-8007; Pauline Mallgrave, Contracting 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 action is restricted to manufactured products of Huber Diffraktionstechnick to maintain compatibility and interchangeability of all components in existing systems in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research . NIST intends to negotiate for the following components: (a) X-Y stage, load capacity of 50 kg, table 100 mm x 100 mm, part number 5102.1; (b) Chi-circle segment providing one axis of rotation, radius of 84, load capacity of 100 kg, part number 5202.4; (c) goniometer head 20 degrees, table dimensions 250 mm x 250 mm, X-Y 15 mm, load capacity of 200 kg, part number 5204.2; (d) horizontal single axis (Omega) goniometer direct reading to 0.01 degrees, diameter 138 mm, load capacity of 150 kg, part number 410; and (e) horizontal single axis goniometer 420 direct reading to 0.01 degrees, diameter 290 mm, load capacity of 320 kg, part number 420. Commercial warranty shall be included in the quoted price. Delivery is FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and is required 30 days after contract award. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for brand name only commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. FAR clauses and provisions referenced in this solicitation may be downloaded from Internet site http://www.arnet.gov/far. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 53SBNB960067 and is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. This action is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 5049. The small business size standard is 500 employees. 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 copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (available at the Internet site www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm). 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: 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- Supplies; and 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 may be downloaded from Internet site www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract /protest.htm. All interested responsible firms should submit quotes by 3:00 p.m. EDT on April 23, 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 04/09/99 (W-SN317980). (0099)

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