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66 -- TWO AXIS ELECTRONIC AUTOCOLLIMATOR SOL 50SBNB060101 DUE 061300 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 50SBNB060101 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 set aside for small businesses. The SIC code is 3827 and the related small business standard size is 500 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Precision Engineering Division has a requirement for a two axis high accuracy electronic autocollimator system, with stand, that has RS-232 computer interface used for measuring motion stages in a high-accuracy measuring machine being constructed at NIST. The system shall be accurate to 1 microradian (0.2 arcsecond) over a one (1) meter range. A light source other than a laser light source shall be used. Laser light source is not acceptable. LEDs or white-light sources may be used. Additionally the system shall meet or exceed the following specifications: A) accuracy: 0.1 arcsecond in 20", 0.25 over 1000"; B) measuring range: 1000"; C) signal acquisition range: approximately 1 degree; D) number of measurement axes: two (2); E) resolution: 0.05"; F) repeatability: 0.05"; G) light source: LED or white light; H) free aperture: 50mm; I) computer interface: RS-232. The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) quantity, and unit issue are as follows: CLIN 0001 One (1) each: a two-axis autocollimator system, consisting of an optical head, an electronics unit and a cable connecting the two. CLIN 0001 is a total system, not a modular component. CLIN 0002: One (1) each : a two-axis adjustable holder. The vendor shall deliver all items FOB Destination to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572. Required delivery time is 7 weeks from date of award. Purchase shall include coverage by the standard commercial warranty. Mechanical drawings, assembly manuals, functional description of any control circuits and sensors, and/or an "instruction manual" detailing the proper use, set up and maintenance of the system shall be included. Acceptance by NIST end users will take place on site immediately after a satisfactory inspection that ensures to show equipment meets all specifications. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors in shall be granted equal importance in evaluating offers: 1) Technical Capability to Meet the Government's Needs; 2) Past Performance. Technical and past performance when combined, are significantly more important than price. The clause at 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Additionally, the clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (11) 52.222-21, (12) 52.222-26, (13) 52.222-35, (14) 52.222-36, (15) 52.222-37, (16) 52.225-3, and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/comtract/agency.htm. All offerors shall submit the following: 1) Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses all of the CLINs; 2) Technical description and/or product literature; 3) one (1) copy of most recently published commercial price list(s); 4) a copy of the relevant warranty's terms and conditions; 5) A list of three contracts completed during the past three years for the sale of similar equipment with the following information: name of contracting activity, contract number, contract type, total contract value, contracting office and telephone number, and program manager and telephone number; 6) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.arnet.gov/far/loadmain52.html. All offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Attn: Kathy Fain, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3572, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on June 13, 2000. Faxed offers will not be accepted. Posted 05/18/00 (W-SN456315). (0139)

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