Acquisitions Management Operations Branch, NIAID, 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 1130, Bethesda, MD 20892-7605

66 -- CONFOCAL MAX-FLUX OPTICAL SYSTEM SOL NOI-0013 DUE 081400 POC Roger W. Remsburg Jr., Purchasing Agent (301) 402-2282/Carolyn B. Sentz, Contracting Officer (301) 402-2282 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 6700B Rockledge Dr., MSC 7605, Bethesda, MD 20892-7605, Room 1130, intends to procure a sole source simplified acquisition from Molecular Structure Corporation. The equipment required is a MSC Confocal Max-Flux Optical System (Cat. # Mirror-conbluer) and two accessories: 1) BE Window 4550-408-02, (Cat. #RAG-BE-D2R72L,) and 2) BE Window S O Ring, (Cat. #RAG-BE-4DS020,) and to include shipping, handling, and inside delivery. This equipment must be compatible with the existing equipment in the laboratory, which is, an X-ray generator, optical mirror, and detector systems. This system must have micrometer adjustments with graduations for easy alignment and in addition it must have safety interlocking to the existing Molecular Structure Corp. equipment. Closing date for submission of written responses is forty-five (45) days after the date of this notice. This is not a request for proposals, but, all interested parties who feel they are capable of full filling this requirement may submit their capability statement (see Note 22.) Posted 06/28/00 (W-SN469571). (0180)

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