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66 -- FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER SOL 53SBNB960087 DUE 061699 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 53SBNB960087 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 97-11. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for one Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer for gas analysis. The design, physical, and performance characteristics of the spectrometer shall include the following: (1) General Specifications: (a) resolution of 0.125 cm-1 (triangular apodization), or better; (b) operation in the mid-infrared region (500 cm-1 -- 7500 cm-1); (c) DTGS detector; (d) MCT detector -- D* approximately 3x1010; KBr beam splitter with Ge coating; (e) purged or sealed interferometer chamber; (f) purgeable sample chamber; (g) spectrometer must be capable of interfacing with external samples and detector; (h) software must include macros to automate sampling and data analysis for quantitative gas measurements; (i) software must be able to save raw interferogram; (j) software must also be capable of interfacing with external devices (e.g., data acquisition capable of being initiated by external signal); and (k) software must run with NT operating system. (2) Gas Cell: (a) variable path length gas cell (up to 1 m path) with temperature control and low volume; (b) cell heatable to 200 C; (c) temperature control unit to heat cell; (d) gold coated mirrors (passive to high concentrations of NO and NO2); (e) section between interferometer and gas cell must be purgeable; and (f) and must be able to access gas sample cell inlet and outlet without affecting purge. (3) Detailed Specifications: (a) 100 percent transmittance line stable to within 0.5% under the following conditions-lab temperature stable to within 0.5 degrees C, MCT detector, at 3750 cm-1, and over eight-hour period; (b) peak-to-peak noise from 2000-2100 cm-1 in transmittance less than 0.001 under the following conditions-0.5 cm-1 resolution, MCT detector, 2 mm aperture or smaller, 1 minute average time for background and 1 minute average time for sample, and with 1 m gas cell path length. Required delivery is FOB Destination (Gaithersburg, MD) within 75 days after date of award. All shipping charges must be included in the quotation. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, is applicable 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.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: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 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; 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; 52.225-21, Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act -- Balance of Payments Program (Alternate I); 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other Than Central Contractor Registration. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer may be downloaded 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 June 16, 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. Posted 06/03/99 (W-SN338383). (0154)

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