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66 -- PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY SYSTEM SOL 52SBNB9C1061 DUE 082799 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. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has a requirement for a Programmable Logic (digital) Array (PLA) System with several levels of complexity designed to sort pulses and store non-continuous occurring (random) electronic (analog) pulses generated from nuclear decay sample and anticoincidence detectors. The PLA system shall have the following capabilities and shall include ancillary components to meet these requirements: 1) recording the time-of-arrival (time-stamping) for each analog pulse. 2) converting pulse parameters, e.g. pulse height and rise time to digital values. 3) recording these digital values for each pulse. 4) digitizing each pulse with a computer-based oscilloscope. 5) sorting pulses according to preprogrammed conditions to detect, e.g. coincidence events vs anti-coincidence events among other, and 6) storing in memory the entire data record (time-of-arrival, parameters and event code) for each pulse. The electronic pulses of interest are each characterized by a pulse width as wide as 50 microseconds and a pulse height as large as 10 volts that originate from nuclear decay and environmental background radiation. This PLA System shall be replicated a minimum of 12 times to accommodate pulses acquired by as many as 12 pairs of detectors in combination as described above for simultaneous operation and pulse sorting. Detailed specifications will be provided in the solicitation. FOB Point shall be Destination, Gaithersburg, MD. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 3825 and the size standard is 500 employees. This action is unrestricted. The period of performance is 12 months from contract award. The Government requires installation, set-up, a capability demonstration, and on-site training. The contractor shall demonstrate that the system meets or exceeds all performance specifications identified in the solicitation. The Government requires one (1) set of manuals to include the appropriate schematics for each component as well as the entire system. The software source code shall be supplied with the ancillary commercial software packages that is required for full operation of PLA system. The system shall successfully pass the capability demonstration before final acceptance. Award will be based on the offeror whose proposal offers the best value to the Government, technical, price, and other factors considered. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. Request for solicitation package should either be mailed to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001, or faxed to (301) 963-7732. All requests for the solicitation package must be in writing. Faxed proposals will not be accepted. Posted 07/14/99 (W-SN353961). (0195)

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