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66 -- PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY SYSTEM SOL 00HQQQ0109 DUE 051200 POC Patricia L. Masterson, 703-648-7356 E-MAIL: Patricia Masterson, Contracting Officer, USGS, pmasters@usgs.gov. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, AND 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 00HQQQ0109 is a Request for Quotations (RFQ). This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Commercial Items. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15. This is an unrestricted solicitation. The SIC Code is 3826 Laboratory Analytical Instruments and the small business size is 500 employees. The quoter shall state in their quotation their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The USGS Biological Resources Division has a requirement for a Particle Image Velocimeter Instrumentation package (equipment and operational integrated software) to measure the velocity of water particles in three dimensions, process, analyze and prepare data for presentation and data processing. Equipment and integrated software must include, but is not limited to, the following functions: 1. The system must be capable of providing all three velocity components in a plane cross-section of fluid flow. 2. The system must have real-time feedback and analysis processing capability 3. The system shall use a laser light sheet to illuminate flow field 4. The system shall have multiple cameras for proper triangulation and 3-dimensional measurements 5. System cameras must take high resolution pairs of photographs (1 million pixels or more) of the illuminated sheet of water. 6. The system must be non-intrusive and which will not interfere with flow field or fish present in the flow field. 7. The system must have onboard processors to determine flow rate within the photo frame by processing thedata prior sending to the computer hard drive 8. The system must be capable of phase locking to external trigger signals, e.g., a signal from a rotating test engine. 9. At least 1.1 Gigabyte available for uninterrupted image sequence 10. The system shall require only a short (less than 1 day) set-up time 11. The system must be covered by a 12-month or longer on-site parts and labor warranty. 12. FY2000 compliant 13. Software package analyzes raw data from particle photos to produce velocity, turbulence, shear stresses, vorticity data. 14. The system must have open architecture (integrated Windows based system) 15. Creates database to organize and track data 16. Package offers particle displacement validation 17. Variable peak height validation 18. Correlation width validation to ensure maximum accuracy during measurement 19. Animation capability for image, vector, and color scalar maps 20. Provide software upgrades as feasible 21. Provide setup and software use training by a factory trained representative Division, S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, One Migratory Way, Turners Falls MA 01376. Delivery is required FOB Destination 42 to 56 days ARO. The provision at FAR 52.212-1 "Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items and addenda 52.237.1 is applicable to this acquisition. The provision FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items is applicable to the solicitation. Offerors shall include with their offers a completed copy of 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. Far clause 52-212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items is applicable to this solicitation. Far Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items is applicable and the following clauses are checked: 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. The full text of these clauses may be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.arnet.gov/far/. Responses to this RFQ must be received via fax,email or mail by 15 May 2000 no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time at US Geological Survey, Acquisition and Federal Assistance, Mail Stop 205-C, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192. They should be marked with the solicitation number and addressed to Patricia L. Masterson. Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1. If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin. Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments. Posted 04/27/00 (W-SN449129). (0118)

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