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58 -- TI-SAPPHIRE LASER AND PUMP LASER SOL 53SBNB060093 DUE 062000 POC Contract Specialist, Carolyn Wilder (301) 975-8332;Contracting Officer, Pauline Mallgrave (301) 975-0330 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 CONSITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED*****This solicitation, #53SBNB060093, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This procurement is under the Test Program for commercial items using simplified methods. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3829 and the small business size is 500 Employees. ****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a MBR-110 MW Ti-Sapphire Laser 770-870 nm and Verdi V10 532 Pump Laser, brand name or equal. These lasers are required to meet the following requirements: Single-mode, continuous-wave (CW) Ti:Sapphire (titanium:sapphire) laser resonator, with associated optics (mirrors, etalons) and control/locking electronics. Solid-state, 532 nm, 10 W output pump laser for Ti:Sapphire laser, with associated control electronics and temperature regulator. Performance Specifications: The Ti-Sapphire laser shall operate on single frequency in CW mode and shall offer broad tunability (i.e. several tens of nanometers) in the wavelength range around 780 nm. Received unit shall offer >900mW CW output power when pumped with 10 W at 532 nm. Received unit shall have a linewidth less than 1 MHz, and acceptable long-term stability. Mechanical adjustment of optical components shall be of quality appropriate for high-precision experiments. The pump laser for the Ti:Sapphire laser will be used for optical lattice studies. The pump laser shall output a single longitudinal mode. Ten Watts of pump power shall be required. Delivery is required within 60 days After Receipt of Order (ARO). Delivery location is theNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive,Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. The FOB Point shall be Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland.****The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation:52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; *****Evaluation criteria is as follows: (a) Technical capability to meet or exceed the Government's specifications(offerors shall submit a quotation addressing all required specifications noting exceptions in exceeding the above criteria, and shall provide descriptive literature and price list for all items; (b) Past Performance (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units, with indication of performance success); and (c) Price. Technical and past performance evaluation criteria, when combined, are significantly more important than price.*****The Government anticipates awarding a purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror who quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. Offerors shall address all requirements in this combined synopsis/solicitation, and shall provide clear evidence of understanding and the ability and willingness to comply with the Government's specifications of need. Failure to address a specification/requirement will be constructed by the Government as inability to meet the need, or the offeror's taking exception to it.*****All vendors are to include with their quotes, a complete copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (b)(1) 52.203-6, Restriction on Subcontractor Sales to the Government with Alternate I (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402), (3) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Jan 1999), (5) 52.219-8, Utilization of small Business Concerns (15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(2) and (3)), (8)(i) 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concern (Pub L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323), (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); (12) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disable Vietnam Era Veterans; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of Vietnam Era; (18) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note); (22) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; 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/contract/protest.htm.***** All interested responsible firms should submit quotes (original plus one copy of quote and enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on 06/20/00, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: Carolyn Wilder, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above reference clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. Posted 06/05/00 (W-SN461435). (0157)

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