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70 -- DVD REPLICA ANALYZER SOL 53SBNB060073 DUE 051500 POC Brenda K. Lee, Contract Specialist,(301) 975-6394; Alba Sanchez,Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6344, Fax(301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contract Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contract Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items = prepared in accordance with the=20 format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information = included in this notice. This=20 announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being = requested and a written=20 solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation 53SBNB060073 is issued = as a Request for Quotation=20 (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation = document and incorporated=20 provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition = Circular 97-15. This action=20 is set aside for small business. The Standard Industrial = Classification (SIC) code is 3629 and the=20 size standard is 500. The National Institute of Standards & Technology = (NIST) intends to obtain=20 a DVD Replica Analyzer in accordance to the specifications identified = below. The Contract Line=20 Item Number (CLIN), quantities, and unit of issues are as follows: = CLIN 0001, DVD Replica=20 Analyzer to include the following specifications: 1) Hardware: The = analyzer shall utilize a=20 Pulstec SPD 1000 DVD drive. 2) Software: The analyzer shall utilize = window based software=20 and fully networkable. 3) The analyzer shall support DVD Video (DVD5, = 9, 10, 18), DVD-ROM=20 and all regions. 4) The analyzer shall measure a full range of = parameters as described in DVD=20 Specifications Version 1.0 including Logical, Digital, HF Signal, = Tracking Servo Signals,=20 Physical and Jitter Measurements. Information on how to obtain the DVD = Version 1.0 (Video=20 Recording) specifications are available from http://www.dvdforum.com. = It is the sole=20 responsibility of the offeror to verify compliance w/DVD Version 1.0 = specification and certify in=20 their quote to the Government its compliance with the specification. = 5) The analyzer shall be=20 able to eliminate both radial and tangential disc tilt in measuring = jitter. CLIN 0002 Calibration=20 Disc. CLIN 0003 Warranty. The Government requires a 12 month warranty = on all parts and=20 labor. The Contractor shall provide microcomputers, including personal = computers, monitors,=20 and printers, to meet "EPA Energy Star" requirements for energy = efficiency. They shall be=20 equipped with the energy efficient low-power standby feature as = defined by the EPA Energy Star=20 computers program. This feature shall be activated when the equipment = is shipped and shall be=20 capable of entering and recovering from the low-power state unless the = equipment meets Energy=20 Star efficiency levels at all times. Required delivery within 30 days = from contract award. FAR=20 52.247-34 FOB Destination, Delivery location is National Institute of = Standards and Technology,=20 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Shipping & Receiving, Gaithersburg, = MD, 20899-0001. The=20 provision at FAR 52-212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items = are applicable to this=20 acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, = applies to this acquisition.=20 The Government will make award to one offeror. Award will be made to = the offeror whose=20 quote offers the best value to the Government, technical, price, and = other factors considered. The=20 =0C Government will evaluate information based on the following = criteria listed in descending order of importance with the TECHNICAL FACTORS when combined are = significantly more=20 important than price. 1) Technical capability factor " Meeting or = Exceeding the Requirement,"=20 and 2) Past Performance. Technical capability factor is worth = three-fourths of the total point=20 score. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are = significantly more important than=20 price. 1) Meeting or Exceeding the Requirement. Evaluation of this = factor will be based on the=20 information provided in the technical quotation. The Government = reserves the right to make an=20 award without discussions. Offerors shall address ALL requirements = herein, and shall provide=20 clear evidence of understanding, ability and willingness to comply = with the Government's=20 specifications. Failure to address a specification/requirement will be = construed by the=20 Government as inability to meet the need. 2) Past Performance. Past = Performance factor is worth=20 one-fourth of the technical points. Evaluation of this factor will be = based on the references=20 provided IAW FAR 52.212-1(b)(10). (Offerors must provide a list of at = least three (3) references=20 confirming the use of this analyzer. The list of references shall = include a minimum: The name of=20 the reference contact person and the company or organization; The = telephone number of the=20 reference contact person; The contract or grant number; The amount of = the contract and the=20 address and the telephone number of the Contracting Officer if = applicable; And the date services=20 were completed. Offerors shall comply with the provision at FAR = 52.212-1(b) and submit 1)=20 Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses CLIN 0001-003; 2) three = (3) copies of technical=20 description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to = evaluate compliance with the=20 requirements in this solicitation and a copy of the terms and = conditions of the proposed warranty;=20 3) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); And 4) = Two (2) copies of a list of=20 references. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision = at 52.212-3, Offeror=20 Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Feb 2000), with = its offer, which may be=20 downloaded from http://www.arnet.gov/far. The clause at 52.212-4, = Contract Terms and=20 Conditions-Commercial Items (May 1999) applies to this acquisition. = The clause at 52.212-5,=20 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or = Executive Orders- Commercial Items (Feb 2000), applies to this, including subparagraph: = (11) 52.222-21, (12)=20 52.222-26, (13) 52.222-35, (14) 52.222-36, (15) 52.222-37, (17)(i) = 52.225-3, (22) 52.232-33,=20 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246); 52.222-35 Affirmative = Action for Disabled=20 Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C.), 52.222-36, = Affirmative Action for=20 Workers with disabilities (29 U.S.C. 793); 52.227-19, Commercial = Computer Software -- Restricted Rights and the Year 2000 Warranty -- Commercial Supply Items; = and 52.233.3, Protest=20 After Award; Department of Commerce Agency Level Protest Procedures = Level above the=20 Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST external = web page, the Internet=20 address is www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm. Submission shall = be sent to the National=20 Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance = Division, Building 301,=20 Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, = ATTN: Brenda K.=20 Lee, Solicitation Number 53SBNB060073. Submission must be received by = 3:00 p.m. EST on=20 May 15, 2000. Faxed offers will not be accepted. Requests for a copy = of a solicitation package=20 will be disregarded. No solicitation packagewill be issued. If you = have any questions regarding=20 this announcement, please contact Brenda K. Lee at the telephone = number identified above. Note=20 Number 1 applies. =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =0C=20 =20 =20 Posted 05/04/00 (D-SN451622). (0125)

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