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66 -- WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETER SOL N00244-00-T-0606 DUE 032000 POC Joan Balazs -- Phone 619-532-2892 -- FAX 619-532-2347 -- e-mail joan_balazs@sd.fisc.navy.mil WEB: Click here to obtain more information regarding FISC, http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, joan_balazs@sd.fisc.navy.mil. This is a combined synopsis-/-solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and THERE WILL BE NO WRITTEN REQUEST FOR QUOTATION ISSUED. The solicitation number for this Request for Quotation is N00244-00-T-0606. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-14. This solicitation is issued on a restricted basis, under Standard Industrial Code 3826 with a small business standard of 500 employees. FISC San Diego has a requirement for the following item: Wavelength Dispersive Spectrometer, The following outlines the specifications for the Spectrometer upgrade that is to be installed on the CAMSCAN Series 4 Scanning Electron Microscope (PEMA 021350). All hardware and software shall be fully compatible/integrated with respect to each individual component, operate under a single workstation, afforded coverage under a single maintenance contract, and fully compatible with the existing CAMSCAN Series 4 electron microscope. A. HARDWARE 1. Wavelength Dispersive Parallel Beam Spectrometer System including polycapillary grazing incident x-ray optic with 6 position turret, 6 diffractors for detecting elements from 180 eV to 10 Ke V, manually retractable slide and multiaxis adjustment, gas flow proportional counter with integrated electronics and motor control. Complimentary EDS detector with light element window, liquid nitrogen cooled, straight 10mm2 Si(Li) crystal, 145 eV resolution (or better) on Mn. 2.Interface module for the above detectors to the CAMSCAN Series 4 microscope. 3. Digital acquisition engine with digital pulse processing and digital image electronics for the above detectors including: integrated computer control (Pentium II 350 MHz or faster) with 64 bit SVGA graphics, Ethernet 10/100 base-T network interface card, SCSI controller card, minimum 96-Mbyte memory, minimum 2.1 Gbyte hard drive, 1.44 Mbyte floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, 21 inch color monitor with minimum 600x1200 pixel resolution, Microsoft Windows NT workstation. Color printer with parallel interface for workstation including minimum 8-ppm performance for black/white and minimum 600 dpi, 4-ppm performance for color mode. Workstation cart with wheels. B. SOFTWARE 1. Software package to run above detectors under control of a single workstation operating in a Windows NT environment. Software to include: spectral display, text annotation, background modeling, filter fitting, Gaussian Deconvolution, spectra matching, standard-less/semi-quant/full-quantitative analysis, PROZA/ZAF/Bence-Albee matrix corrections, live quant and qual analysis, storage and conversion of quant and qual files, digital ratemeter display, digital pulse processor rate files for use with detectors, automatic peak search and identification, KLM markers, peak hinting, peak labeling, report printing, print preview, manual override of acquisition parameters, auto and manual calibration, identification of spectra overlaps including ability to acquire save and load spectral data. 2. Digital acquisition and display software to acquire and process images from above detectors. Software to include: multi-cell image display, acquisition of electron images up to 1024x1024 pixels (minimum), acquisition of point dwell x-ray maps up to 512x512 pixels (minimum), fast x-ray map capability, line scan acquisition and multi-cell display up to 4 gray/1 x-ray/4 binary (minimum), image and line scan annotation, EDS/WDS interface, micro imaging, image file gallery, image color adjustment, composite image display, image math, linear distance measurement, image segmentation, and TIFF image conversion. 3. Basic Feature Sizing Software to perform dimensional analysis on images acquired from above detectors. Software to include: size, area percent, and shape analysis of features in binary images. C. INSTALLATION1. Authorizedcustomer support specialist from equipment manufacture shall perform installation of all hardware and software. D. MAINTENANCE 1. One-year parts and labor with extended maintenance plan available. Required delivery is to Naval Aviation Depot North Island, San Diego CA. Acceptance shall be at destination. The following provision apply FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, Addendum to FAR 52.000-1, Paragraph (b) (5) Offers shall provide an express warranty which at a minimum shall be the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public. Express warranties shall be included in the contract. Offerors are required complete and include a copy of the following provisions with their proposals: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and certifications Commercial Items. Clause FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies as well as the following addendum clauses; FAR 52.211-5, Material Requirements, FAR The clause at 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Item applies with the following applicable clauses for paragraph (b): FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, DFAR 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration, applies to all solicitations issued on or after 6/1/98. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror/quoter ineligible for award. Please ensure compliance with this regulation when submitting your quote. Call 1-888-227-2423 or on the Internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil for more information. DFAR 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies with the following clauses applicable for paragraph (b), DFAR 252.225-7000 Buy American Act Balance of Payments Program Certificate, DFAR 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program, and DFAR 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. The Government intends to make a single award to the responsible Offeror whose offer is the most advantageous to the Government considering price and price related factors. Award will be made to the Offeror that meets the solicitation's minimum criteria for technical acceptability at the lowest price. To be determined technically acceptable the Offeror must furnish product literature that demonstrates the products offered meet all requirements stated in the above purchase descriptions for Line Items CLIN 0001. All responsible Offerors are to submit current pricing, delivery time, payment terms, cage code, Dunn and Bradstreet number, Tax Identification Number and all applicable specifications regarding this solicitation. Also required are copies of applicable commercially published price lists pertaining to your company'sproducts that meet the specifications. Quotes must be received no later that 3:00 p.m. PST, 20 March 2000, and will be accepted via FAX (619-532-2347) Attn: Joan Balazs Clause information can be downloaded from the internet from the following addresses; http://www.arnet.gov/far/ or http://www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/dfars/dfars.html Posted 03/03/00 (W-SN430814). (0063)

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