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66 -- FLEXIBLE WELDED BELLOWS SOL 53SBNB060121 DUE 080300 POC TAMARA GRINSPON, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-4390; Paul G. Cataldo, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6332 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-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.*****This solicitation, #53SBNB060121, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). 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 3599, and the small business size is 500 Employees.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Precision Engineering Division has a requirement for three types of flexible welded stainless steel vacuum bellows to enclose an optical measurement beam path. The bellows shall have vacuum on the inside,10E-06 Torr, ambient air on the outside with standard bellows lifetime of approximately 10,000 cycles. No high-speed operations will be performed with the bellows motion system. External telescoping guides will be provided by NIST to constrain the bellows in the event of a loss of vacuum. Teflon spacers will be used by NIST with the guides to prevent rubbing or snagging the bellows weld seams. Required bellows shall meet all specifications described above and below, and include the following: a quantity of one (1) bellows OD = 4 inches, ID = 2.7 inches, extension to approximately 50 inches, approximately 10 inch collapsed length for a 40 inch stroke. NW80 flanges shall be welded to both ends; a quantity of one (1) bellows OD = 5 inches, ID = 4 inches, 0.75 inch stroke. NW100 flanges shall be welded to both ends; and a quantity of two (2) bellows OD = 3 inches, ID = 2 inches, extension to approximately 50 inches, approximately 10 inch collapsed length for a 40 inch stroke. NW80 flanges shall be welded to bothends. Vendors shall perform leak testing to determine that bellows will hold vacuum.*****Delivery is required within twelve (12) weeks after receipt of purchase order (ARO); Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. The FOB point shall be DESTINATION, Gaithersburg, MD.*****Quotations will be evaluated in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.106-2-Evaluation of quotations or offers. Award will be made based on vendors' (A) Technical Capability to Meet Specifications (vendors shall address all specifications, and shall provide indication of understanding and ability to meet requirements); (B) Past Performance/Experience (vendors shall provide three references to whom comparable welded bellows have been sold over the past five years, including organization name, point of contact, phone number, fax number and e-mail for each); and (C) Price. (A) and (B), when combined, are significantly more important than (C).*****The Government anticipates awarding one purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible vendor whose quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the BEST VALUE to the Government, price and other factors considered.*****Vendors 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 construed by the Government as inability to meet the need, or the vendor's taking exception to it.*****All vendors are to include with their quotes, a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from www.arnet.gov .*****The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision applies to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; ***** 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 Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (12) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (17)(ii) Alternate I of 52.225-3, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement-Israeli Trade Act-Balance of Payments Program; (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 www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm.*****All interested, responsible, business firms should submit quotes (Original Plus One Copy Of Quote and Enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington DC time, on AUGUST 3, 2000, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: TAMARA GRINSPON, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. Posted 07/20/00 (W-SN476842). (0202)

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