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66 -- DRY PORTABLE HELIUM LEAK DETECTOR SOL 53SBNB960077 DUE 051099 POC Patricia Duggan, (301) 975-8007, FAX (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/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 53SBNB960077 and is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This action is unrestricted. The associated Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3829. 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 dry, portable helium leak detector with cart. The design, performance, and physical characteristics of the dry, portable helium leak detector shall include the following: (1) Leak detector shall bemass spectrometer based and sensitive to atomic mass 4 elements (helium). (2) High vacuum pump shall be a turbomolecular pump. (3) Rough/fore pump shall be oil-free (dry). (4) Unit shall be portable and weigh less than 45 kg with pumps. (5) Unit shall operate off 110 Volts at 60 Hertz. (6) Minimum detectable leak rate of helium (sensitivity) in vacuum mode shall be less than 10^(-10) torr liter/second. (7) Maximum operating inlet pressure shall be greater than 1 torr. (8) Minimum pumping speed for helium shall be greater than 0.5 liter/second. (9) Response time to helium leak shall be less than 1 second. (10) Warm-up time for operation shall be less than 3 minutes. Commercial warranty shall be included in quoted price. Required delivery is FOB Destination (Gaithersburg, MD) within 30 days after date of award. All shipping and handling charges shall be included in price quotation. 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 Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- Supplies; 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. EDT on May 5, 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 QUOTATIONS 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 04/24/99 (W-SN324024). (0114)

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