U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: ORDSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

66 -- AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZE SPECTROMETER SOL U2D587 DUE 050100 POC Antonio Leathers, Contract Specialist (919) 541-2312 WEB: Click here to visit the website for more information, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, leathers.antonio@epa.gov. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN 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. The solicitation number is U2D587 and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-16. This contract will be awarded as a result of a Simplified Acquisition with Full and Open competition. This procurement is NOT a small business set-aside. However, the SIC Code is 3826 and the size standard is 500 employees. The Contractor shall provide one Aerodynamic Particle Size Spectrometer (APS) with the capability to measure aerodynamic particle diameter and light scattering intensity on a particle. The APS system must have the following features: 1) Particle size range: 0.5 to 20 m aerodynamic size, 0.3 to 20 um optical size; 2) Maximum particle concentration: 1000 particles/cm3 at 0.5 m with, <2% coincidence; 1000 particles/cm3 at 10 m with < 6% coincidence; 3) Displayed resolution: 32 channels per decade of particle size (logarithmic), 52 channels total; 1024 bins of raw time-of-flight data (3.33 ns per bin); 4) Sampling time: Programmable from 1 second to 18 hours; 5) Flow rates: Aerosol sample: 1.0 L/min; sheath air: 4.0 L/min; Total: 5 L/min; 6) Laser source: 30MW, 680nm laser diode; 7) Detector: Avalanche photodetector; 8) Front-panel display: 320 x 240 pixels; 9) Power: 85 to 264 VAC, 50-60 Hz, 100 W, single phase; 10) Communications: RS 232 (9-pin) port; and 11) Outputs: digital I/O: 15-pin port (3 inputs, 3 outputs). The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Award will be made to the offeror that provides the best value to the Government (lowest price, technically acceptable). All offerors are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses which are cited in 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition: 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disables Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies. Please submit quotes to Antonio L. Leathers, Contract Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MD-33, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 or fax to (919)541-1075. All offers are due by May 01, 2000, 4:30p.m. EST. Referenced clauses can be found on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Posted 04/19/00 (W-SN446690). (0110)

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