Department of the Treasury, United States Secret Service (USSS), Procurement Division, 950 H Street, NW, Suite 6700, Washington, DC, 20001-4518

66 -- GAS CHROMATOGRAPH SOL RFQ00Q0028 DUE 020800 POC Renea Morton, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 406-6940, Fax (202) 406-6801, Email None WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=M&ProjID=RFQ00Q0028&Lo cID=38. E-MAIL: Renea Morton, None. This is a modification to delete the following specifications: Temperature programmable over with a 10,600 cm3 volume; Dual line vacuum fluorescent display for setup and status; Integral autosampler tray with four waste and four wash bottles; 0-15 viscosity settings; Quadrupole with prefilter, molybdenum circular rods; Detector with a sealed long-life protomultiplier; Mass range of 10-1200 Daltons; Scan rate of 6000 daltons/sec. This is a combined solicitation/synopsis for a commercial item 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; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Solicitation number RFQ00Q0028 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-14. This action is not a small business set-aside. The SIC code is 5049, and the small business size standard is 100 employees. Offers shall provide a price proposal for the purchase and installation of the following item: Item 0001 -- Gas Chromatographer with Mass Spectrometer, 1 each. Gas Chromatograph shall have the following features: Temperature programmable oven with two (2) capillary column capacity with a 10,660 cm3 volume. Temperature programmable oven up to 450 degrees centigrade. Dual line vacuum fluorescent displays for setup and status. Integral autosampler tray using 2mL vials with four wash and four waste bottles normal, slow, or fast injection modes. 0.5uL, 5uL, or 50uL syringes with injection volume programming from method. 0-15 viscosity settings, and access to either of two injectors from method from one autosampler. Capillary split/splitless injector upgradable to two injectors. Full electronic pneumatics settable in flow, pressure, or velocity. Electronic split flow in ratio or flow. Charcoal trap in split ratio, or flow. Split/splitless operation. Temperature of 50 to 450 degrees centigrade. Variable or constant carrier programs. Barometric pressure and ambient temperature compensation. Upgradable for future injector maintenance without venting the MS. Integral digital link to mass spec. data system, buffered storage of chromatographic data, allow full instrument and autosampler control from mass spec. data system. Mass Spectrometer to include the following: Quadrupole with prefilter, molybdenum circular rods, prefilter rods, mass range of 1-1200 Daltons, mass stability of 0.1 m/z accuracy over 48 hours. Electron voltage of 10-100 ev. Turbomolecular pump with 250 L/sec volume capability, electron ionization mode, field upgrades to posititive/negative chemical ionization. Detector with a sealed long-life photomultiplier, scan rate of 6000 daltons/sec., linear dynamic range of 10*5 compound, 10*7 electronic, full scan sensitivity 1 pg OFN at s/n of 10:1 rms. Windows NT operating system, at least 350 MHZ Pentium computer, at least 64 MB RAM, CD-ROM, operating software, 17 inch monitor, sound card, speakers, at least 4.3 GB hard drive. Installation and one (1) year on-site labor and parts warranty, most current NIST library with NIST chemical stuctures database, free software upgrades. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TEST -- The Government will conduct an acceptance Test after installation of equipment to determine if equipment meets system criteria as described above. COTR will provide written documentation to the contractor concerning approval/disapproval of the Acceptance Test. INSTALLATION -- Installation shall be coordinated with COTR. WARRANTY -- Contractor shall provide a one (1) year warranty on the total system. DELIVERABLES-Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer, 45 days after award. All hardware, software and firmware shall be year 2000 compliant as defined under FAR Part 39. Delivery is FOB Destination with all freight included in the delivered price. Deliver to: US Secret Service, FSD, 950 H Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20001 Thefollowing FAR provisions are applicable to this RFP -- FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial (June 1999); FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (Jan 1999); FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Oct 1999); FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (May 1999); FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (May 1999); (additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 1,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,22). Offerors must include a signed copy of the Representations and Certifications with their offers. Copies of the Representations and Certifications are available on-line at GSA's web page at www.arnet.gov/far. The contract specialist will not accept telephone call requests for copies of the FAR provisions. Offerors shall submit descriptive literature and drawings detailing features, technical capabilities and warranty data. EVALUATION PROCEDURES-In accordance with FAR Clause 52.212-2, the following factors are added to paragraph (a): Offerors technical capability, price and past performance shall be evaluated. Technical capability shall be evaluated as pass/fail on above mandatory requirements. Past performance and cost shall be evaluated in accordance with the procedures in FAR Part 15.305. Award shall be made to the offer that is most advantageous to the Government based on technical capability, price and past performance. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the items listed herein, will be the most price advantageous to the Government. Award will be on an all-or-none basis with respect to the listed items. All offers, which shall include a technical proposal (to include past performance), a price proposal, and signed copy of the Representations and Certifications, shall be mailed to the U.S. Secret Service, Procurement Division, 950 H Street, NW, Suite 6700, Washington, DC 20001 Attn: Renea Morton, for receipt not later than 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, 2000. Award is anticipated within thirty (30) days of receipt of proposals. Posted 02/01/00 (D-SN420672). (0032)

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