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58 -- LABORATORY ELECTROMAGNET SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB060129 DUE 080400 POC Contract Specialist, Carolyn Wilder -- (301) 975-8332 e-mail: carolyn.wilder@nist.gov; Contracting Officer, Anne McFarlane -- (301) 975-4648 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 CONSTIUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.*****This solicitation, #53SBNB060129 Request for Quotation (RFQ) and simplified method of acquisition will be used for this procurement. 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 3625, and the small business size is 500 Employees.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ) has a requirement for a GMW Laboratory Electromagnet Laser System, Model Number 5403 brand name or equal. System shall have the following components: (1) C-frame Electromagnet, (2) Pole pair, (3) Cable, current and interlock, (4) Power supply 50A/25V or greater with current reversal, (5) Digital Tesla meter, IEEE-488 interface, (6) Hall probe, 4 range, (7) Probe holder, (8) Bench height 19 inch rack, (9) Rack mounting panel, (10) Cable, IEEE-488 interface, (11) CPIB-PCII/IIA interface broad, (12) Lab View magnet control software and (13) Lab View for Windows, base package. The system shall meet the following performance specifications: (1) Pole gas, variable from 0 to 76 mm, (2) Pole face, 38 mm (variable with purchase of additional pole pieces) System should be supplied with one additional 38 mm pole piece with a 10 mm through hole. (3) Operating field, 1.3 T or greater at a pole gap of 25 mm, (4) Field uniformity, 0.5% or better over a 20 mm diameter disc in the median plane, (5) Current stability, 20ppm/8 hours or better, (6) Current control resolution, 18 bit or better, (7) Field readout resolution, 20 bit or better (1uT up to 3.0T field), (8) Computer control, IEEE-488 interface with Lab View, (9) Cooling, Water or air cooling for low excitation, (10) Size limitations (actual magnet), Length 610mm or less, height 380mm or less, width 280mm or less, (11) Weight limitation, Magnet must be cable of mounting on an optical table, magnet weight must be less than 130 kg. System must be capable of mounting on an optical table in a configuration with the pole axes vertical. Hardware for mounting in this configuration should be supplied with the system. The height of the mid-point between the poles must be 405 mm or less above the surface of the optical table when mounted in this matter.****Delivery is required within 60 days After Receipt of Order (ARO). Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3574, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3574. 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 are as follows: (a) Technical capability to meet or exceed the Government's specifications (offerors shall submit a quotation addressing all required specifications, and shall provide descriptive literature and price list for all item numbers; (b) Past Performance (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units, with indication of performance success); and (c) Price. Technical capability 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 to 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 (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); (12) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disable Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era Veterans; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29 U.S.C. 793); (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of Vietnam Era; (17) (ii) 52.225-3, Alternate I Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement-Israeli Trade-Balance of Payments Program; and (22) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer -- Central Contractor Registration (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 08/04/00 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 07/21/00 (W-SN477485). (0203)

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