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66 -- COMPLETE LOW TEMPERATURE MICRO-PROBE SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB060054 DUE 042100 POC Kathy Fain, Contract Specialist (301) 975-6337, or Alba Sanchez, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6344; FAX (301)963-7732 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 INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. SOLICITATION NUMBER 53SBNB060054 IS BEING ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15. This acquisition is not aside for small businesses. The SIC code is 3559 and the related small business standard size is 500 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Semiconductor Electronics Division has a requirement for a complete low temperature micro-probe system. The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), quantity, and unit issue are as follows: CLIN 0001: programmable temperature controller with control software, one (1) each; CLIN 0002: refrigerator, one (1) each; CLIN 0003: manipulators with probe tips, four (4) each; CLIN 0004: a seven port vacuum chamber with one fused-silica window, one (1) each; CLIN 0005: accessories necessary for nitrogen gas operation from 80 Kelvin to 400 Kelvin, one (1) set; CLIN 0006: accessories necessary for liquid helium or liquid nitrogen operation from 10 Kelvin to 400 Kelvin, one (1) set; CLIN 0007 the ability to hold samples of at least 1 centimeter by 1 centimeter and appropriate sample mounting kit, one (1) each; and CLIN 0008: pumps, regulators, and vacuum accessories necessary for operation, one (1) set. The system should also have the following capabilities or traits: 1. temperature stability of 50 milliKelvin or better, 2. temperature resolution of 0.01 Kelvin or better, 3. temperature sensing near the sample mounting surface, 4. probes with travel of at least 1 inch by 1 inch by 0.25 inch and positioning accuracy of 50 micrometers or better, 5. temperature controller should interface to a computer using RS-232C and IEEE-488 communications, 6. system shall take no more than 20 minutes to cool from 300K to 80K, 7. system shall take no more than 5 minutes to warm from 80K to 300K, 8. system must be capable of being made light tight, 9. windows must be frost free at all times, 10. system must be compatible with zoom microscopes, 11. system must be compatible. Responses are due no later than 3:00 p.m., April 21, 2000, Washington DC time, to Kathy Fain, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Aquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572. Faxed quotations will NOT be accepted. Posted 04/03/00 (W-SN440651). (0094)

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