National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Div.,100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Bldg. 301, Rm B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572

66 -- HIGH SENSITIVITY BALANCE SOL 53SBNB060028 DUE 022300 POC Contract Specialist, Carolyn Wilder (301) 975-8332;Contracting Officer, Joan Smith (301) 975-6458 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 IFNORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED*****This solicitation, #53SBNB060028, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ), 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 3821, and the small business size is 500 Employees.****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a High Sensitivity Balance. The balance shall include the following components: (1) A Reverifications Ltd., Model R50C Mass Comparator, or equal, capable of weighing 50 kg; modified to accept cylinders with the following dimensions: height 132 cm, diameter 20.6 cm (one each), (2) Device to lift cylinders onto pan of balance (one each) (3) Export packing and delivery, (4) Onsite installation, calibration and training, and (5) Mechanized on/off switch (one each). Performance Specifications: (1) Capacity of 50 Kg with a repeatability of 10 mg and a readability of 1 mg. (2) Capable of weighing an aluminum cylinder with dimensions of 132 cm height and 20.6 cm diameter. (3) Computer connections such that the computer may monitor and record the weighing process. (4) A device to load and unload the cylinder safely onto the pan. (5) The capability of adding or subtracting 100g weights while the balance is active weighing. (6) A dampening mechanism to speed up the weighting process; and (7) Access door in the front of the balance. Delivery is required within 360 days After Receipt of Order (ARO). Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. 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 is 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 who 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) 52.222-26, 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; (16) 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; (19) 52.225-19, European Union Sanction for Services (E.O. 12849); (21) 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payment Program, (22) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor 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 02/23/00, 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 02/09/00 (W-SN423622). (0040)

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