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66 -- DOWNWARD VIEWING REFLECTANCE ATTACHMENT FOR PERKIN ELMER LAMBDA 900 UV-VIS/NIR SPECTROPHOTOMETER SOL 40SBNB067006 DUE 122499 POC Carolyn Wilder (301) 975-8332; Joan Smith (301) 975-6458 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, 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 CONSTIUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.*****This solicitation, #53SBNB067006, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and simplified method of acquisition will be used for this procurement. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-14. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3826 and the small business size is 500 Employees.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a Custom downward viewing reflectance attachment for the Perkin Elmer Lambda 900 Spectrophotometer. The spectrophotometer shall be used to measure paint samples and is required to meet the following requirements. Performance Specifications are: (1) Spectralon integrating sphere, double-beam, with downward viewing reflectance port. Sphere and transfer optics shall be provided in a sheet metal enclosure, which can be mounted onto the PE Lambda 900spectrophotometer (2) Sphere shall be 150mm in diameter or a size determined during optical design to accommodate beam size requirements. (3) Sphere shall allow measurements of paint samples loaded on metallic sample tray. (4) Small spot sample beam optics shall provide a beam size of approximately 0.5 inch on the stage's 0.625 inch sample opening. The attachment shall include PE detector electronics for operation fully compatible with L-900 instrument's software and firmware. (5) The attachment shall have total reflectance capability and diffuse reflectance capability (specular reflectance excluded). (6) The attachment will cover a spectral range of 270-2500nm and will include both a PMT (photomultiplier tube) and PbS (lead sulfide) detectors. (7) Attachment will be mounted on automated positioning assembly. (8) Clearance of 4 inches (minimum) will be provided between the reflectance port of the sphere or any other obstructions. Slant-back of the attachment wall from the sample is required accommodate NIST sample holder. (9) The attachment is required include a remotely operated automated light trap and specular-rejection plug (to be controlled by NIST software or other systems). The specular rejection port plug and light trap shall be capable of being moved mechanically, interchanging between specular port plug for total reflectance scans and specular port light trap for diffuse reflectance scans. (10) Supplier shall provide the driver to move the port plug/light trap and inform NIST what is needed to drive the assembly. (11) NIST is responsible for integrating the light trap's driving mechanism with their software to make the port plug/light trap remotely controlled. (12) Stray light reduction means shall be employed around the sample. (13) Supplier shall provide customized Spectralon reflectance standard, to fit in sample tray, 5/8 inch diameter. (14) Supplier shall provide customized reflectance port light trap, 5/8 inch opening. Supplier shall provide a customized instruction manual, complete with detailed installation, alignment, measurement procedures, and reflectance theory of operation. The Government anticipates the award of a fixed price purchase order.****Delivery is required within 30 days After Receipt of Order (ARO). Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3574, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3574. The FOB Point shall be Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland.****The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; *****Evaluation criteria are as follows: (a) Technical capability to meet or exceed the Government's specifications (offerors shall submit a quotation addressing all required specifications, and shall provide descriptive literature and price list for all item numbers; (b) Past Performance (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units, with indication of performance success); and (c) Price. Technical evaluation criteria, when combined, are significantly more important than price.*****The Government anticipates awarding a purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. Offerors shall address all requirements in this combined synopsis/solicitation, and shall provide clear evidence of understanding and the ability and willingness to comply with the Government's specifications to need. Failure to address a specification/requirement will be constructed by the Government as inability to meet the need, or the offeror's taking exception to it.*****All vendors are to include with their quotes, a complete copy of provision 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 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (a) (1) 52.222-3, Convict Labor, (2) 52.233-3, Protest after Award, (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); (12) 2.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disable Vietnam Era Veterans; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of Vietnam Era; (21)(i) 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payment Program(41 U.S.C.10, Pub. L. 103-187); (22) 52.232.33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-CentralContractor Registration; and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm.***** All interested responsible firms should submit quotes (original plus one copy of quote and enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on 08/27/99, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: Carolyn Wilder, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above reference clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. Posted 12/10/99 (W-SN407626). (0344)

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