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66 -- AUTOMATIC AC THERMOMETRY BRIDGE SOL 53SBNB960107 DUE 071399 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 53SBNB960107 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 5065. 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 Automatic AC Thermometry Bridge. The Automatic AC Thermometry Bridge will be used to measure the resistance of a 25-ohm standard-grade platinum resistance thermometer which resides within a guarded-hot-plate apparatus. The design, performance, and physical characteristics of the Automatic AC Thermometry Bridge shall include the following: (1) The bridge shall have an IEEE interface and an analog output. (2) The bridge shall have an Automatic Switching Unit (10 channels) with one constant current. (3) The bridge shall have a range of -200 C to 1000 C (depending on PRT temperature range). (4) The bridge shall have an accuracy of +/- 0.0005 C at 0 C, +/- 0.001 C full range. (5) The bridge shall have a resolution of 0.00025 C. (6) The principal shall be an AC inductive voltage divider. (7) The bridge shall have stability of zero drift with time. (8) The bridge shall have a temperature coefficient of zero drift with ambient temperature. (9) The bridge shall utilize units of W ratio. Required delivery is FOB Destination (Gaithersburg, MD) within 56 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 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: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 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); and 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 are 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 July 13, 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. Posted 06/29/99 (W-SN348296). (0180)

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