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66 -- CONTACT ANGLE, SURFACE & INTERFACIAL TENSION MEASURING INSTRUMENT SOL 53SBNB960092 DUE 072699 POC Brenda K. Lee (301) 975-6394 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 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. Solicitation 53SBNB960092 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 5049 and the size standard is 100 employees. This action is set aside for small business. The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), quantities, and unit issues are as follows: CLIN 0001, 1 each Contact Angle, Surface and Interfacial Tension Measuring Instrument consisting of the following specifications: 1) Instrument capable of measuring surface tension on samples with viscosities up to 100,000 mPa.s usingplate method; 2) Interfacial tension in push or pull direction (minimum lower limit 1 mN/m or better); 3) Measuring range 0-999 mN/m; 4) Precision +/-0.01 mN/m using either ring or plate method; 5) Automatic corrections for ring data; 6) Platform position resolution +/- 0.5 micrometer Capability of measuring critical micelle concentration, dynamic contact angle and adsorption behavior of porous solids, powders and fibre bundles; 7) And possibility of density of liquids determination. Temperature control capability with thermostatic bath; 8) Built-in-stirrer; 9) Temperature range -- 10 degree C to + 100 degree C or larger; 10) +/- 0.1 degree C precision. 11) Data output format serial, RS 232C, printer; 12) Microprocessor capability to control external solution dosing device with linear or exponential control; 13) Built-in damping suspension on measuring apparatus; 14) Automatic calibration of measuring system. CLIN 0002 One day on-site training; CLIN 3 One year warranty. Required delivery within 60 days from contract award. FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination, Delivery location is National Institute of Standards & Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. 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 make award to one offeror. Award will be made to the offeror whose quote offers the best value to the Government, technical, price, and other factors considered. The Government will evaluate information based on the following criteria listed in descending order of importance with the TECHNICAL FACTORS when combined are significantly more important than price. 1) Technical capability to meet the agency need; and 2) Past Performance. (Offerors must provide a list of at least three (3) references confirming the installation and use of these instruments). Technical capability factor is worth slightly less than three-fourths of the total point score. Past Performance factor is worth slightly more than one-fourth of the technical points. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. Offerors shall comply with the provision at FAR 52.212-1(b) and submit 1) Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses CLIN's 0001-0003; 2) three (3) copies of technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in this solicitation; 3) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); And 4) Two (2) copies of a list of references. The list of references shall include at minimum: the name of the reference contact person and the company or organization; the telephone number of the reference contact person; the contract or grant number; the amount of the contract and the address and telephone number of the Contracting Officer if applicable; and the date services were completed. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, and the clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (11) 52.222-21 (12) 52.222-26, (13) 52.222-35, (14) 52.222-36, (15) 52.222-37, (16) 52.225-3, (21)(ii) 52.225-21; and Department of Commerce Agency Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST external web page, the Internet address is http://sage.ogc.doc.gov/OGC/fl/cld/car/car1333.htm. Submission shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Stop 3572, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572, ATTN: Brenda K. Lee, Solicitation Number 53SBNB960092. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 26, 1999. Faxed quote will not be accepted. Requests for a copy of a solicitation package will be disregarded. No solicitation package will be issued. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Brenda K. Lee at the telephone number identified above. Numbered Note 1 applies. Posted 07/06/99 (W-SN350715). (0187)

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