NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

66 -- FT-IR SPECTROMETER SOL 8-1-0-E3-C9011 DUE 083000 POC Gloria J. Coffey, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-9187, Fax (256) 544-8688, Email gloria.coffey@msfc.nasa.gov -- David A. Iosco, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0387, Fax (256) 544-4400, Email david.iosco@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=62#8-1-0-E3-C9011. E-MAIL: Gloria J. Coffey, gloria.coffey@msfc.nasa.gov. This notice 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. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). ITEM 1: 670 FTIR SPECTROMETER TO INCLUDE AN INTERFEROMETER, 0.125 CM-1 SPECTRAL RESOLUTION, CONTINUOUS DYNAMIC ALIGNMENT, AUTOTUNE, BEAMSPLITTER LOCKING MECHANISM, INTERNAL BEAMSPLITTER STORAGE CASE, AUTOMATED/CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE APERTURE, DUAL-DETECTOR ACCESS HATCH, SAMPLE COMPARTMENT ELECTRONICS INTERFACE, INTERFACE CARD AND CABLE, #912A0419 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 2: EXTENDED RANGE MID-IR/NEAR-IR OPTICS (11,000-375 CM-1) TO INCLUDE MID-IR SOURCE, COMPUTERIZED DUAL SOURCE OPTICS, XT-KBR MID-IR/NEAR-IR BEAMSPLITTER, DTGS DETECTOR WITH KBR WINDOW, INTEGRATED VALIDATION WHEEL MOUNT, MONOFLECT DUAL DETECTOR OPTICS, MUST HAVE VALIDATION WHEEL OPTION, #840-072400 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 3: NEXUS SECONDARY POLYSTYRENE VALIDATION WHEEL, #470-163600 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 4: SEALED AND DESICCATED OPTICAL BENCH (KBR OPTICS), #840-072000 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 5: STANDARD PURGED SYSTEM INCLUDING PURGE REGULATOR, #470-151400 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 6: NEXUS ENGLISH LANGUAGE KIT, #699-063600 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 7: VISIBLE/NEAR-IR FILTER KIT INCLUDING FILTER HOLDER (WIDE BLUE, NARROW BLUE & RED), #699-066400 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 8: ADVANCED OMNIC E.S.P. CD SOFTWARE PACKAGE, #833-009200 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 9: OMNIC E.S.P. HELP AND TUTORIALS CD FOR NEXUS 670 FOR DATA COLLECTION, DATA MANIPULATION, SEARCH AND EXAMPLE LIBRARIES, MULTI-MEDIA HELP AND TUTORIALS, FILE CONVERSION UTILITIES, EZ OMNIC, APPLICATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY, SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION GUIDE, MACROS/BASIC, TQ ANALYST, NICOLET/ACD STRUCTURES, #834-022200 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 10: ADVANCED WORKSTATION WITH WINDOWS NT4 TO INCLUDE INTEL PENTIUM III 700 MHZ PROCESSOR, 128 MBYTE OF SDRAM, 22 GBYTE HARD DRIVE, 8 MB 2X AGP GRAPHICS, 32 X MAX CD-ROM, 16 BIT STEREO SOUND AND EXTERNAL SPEAKERS, 10/100-TX ETHERNET, INTERNAL TRAVAN STYLE, 20 GB IDE TAPE DRIVE AND ONE TAPE, 1.44 MB 3.5" FLOPPY, TWO USB PORTS, TWO 9 PIN SERIAL PORTS, ONE PRINTER PORT, PS/2 STYLE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE, COMPAQ DESKPRO MINITOWER CHASSIS, AVAILABLE FOR EXPANSION: ONE DIMM SOCKETS, ONE EXTERNAL 5.25" EXPANSION BAY, TWO FULL PCI SLOTS, #912A0402 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 11: COLOR MONITOR, 17" FLAT SQUARE TUBE, 0.28 MM DOT PITCH, PLUG AND PLAY, MPR2 AND ENERGY STAR, MAXIMUM RESOLUTION OF 1280 X 1024, 3 YEAR WARRANTY, #840-052400 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 12: HP DESKJET 11 X 17 COLOR PRINTER 120V/240V, HP DESKJET 1220C (OR EQUAL), HP IEEE 1284 CABLE INCLUDED, #840-065300 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 13: DESICCATED WINDOW KIT (KBR OPTICS & GASKET, FOR EXTERNAL BEAM), #470-153000 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 2 EACH. ITEM 14: PASSPORT OPTICAL SYSTEM, #470-146900 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 15: SERIES SOFTWARE CD, #834-001200 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 16: NEXUS TGA/IR INTERFACE MODULE ENGLISH LANGUAGE KIT, #699-065800 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 17: CONTINUUM IR MICROSCOPE MAINFRAME INCLUDING: INFINITY CORRECTED OPTICS FOR HIGHEST QUALITY IR AND VISIBLE LIGHT RENDITION; ON-AXIS OPTICS WITH COINCIDE NT IR AND VISIBLE LIGHT PATHS; TARGETING SAMPLE ILLUMINATION; TRUVIEW CONTINUOUS VIEW/SAMPLE OPERATION; MOTORIZED REFLEX PRE AND POST SAMPLE MASKING APERTURE WITH X,Y, AND O CONTROL; AUTOMATED REFLECTANCE/ TRANSMISSION ILLUMINATION WITH INTENSITY AND CONTRASE CONTROL; MOTORIZED SAMPLE FOCUS; CONDESER FOCUS CONTROL; INTEGRAL CONTACT ALERT ELECTRONICS, DUAL DETECTOR UPGRADEABLE; PURGED SYSTEM INCLUDING PURGE REGULATOR, LN2 DEWAR, SPECTRA-TECH IR MICROS COPY SAMPLING KIT, 3-DAY INFRARED MICROSCOPE TRAINING COURSE, #912A0429 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 18: RESEARCH CONTINUUM OPTICS CONFIGURATION WITH 4-PLACE NOSEPIECE; 10X GLASS REFRACTING OBJECTIVE, MOTORIZED MICROPOSITIONING STAGE WITH INTEGRAL CONTROLLER FOR CONTINUUM MICROSCOPE (REQUIRES ATLUS SOFTWARE AND VG2X BOARD SELECTION BELOW); DUAL DETECTOR OPTICS; FULLY AUTOMATED REFLEX APERTURE; INTEGRAL CONTINUUM AUTO-FOCUS, #869-0045-303 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 19: CONTINUUM INTERFACE FOR LEFT SIDE OF NEXUS, #869-0045-6991 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 20: CONTINUUM ENGLISH LANGUAGE KIT, #869-0045-449 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 21: CONTINUUM MICROSCOPE SOFTWARE, #834-018500 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 22: STI NTSC COLOR VIDEO CAMERA, #869-0045-413 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 23: TRINOCULAR VIEWER WITH 10X EYEPIECES, #869-0045-412 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 24: NICOLET G-XT VIDEO IMAGE CARD, #222-190300 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 25: ATLUS-MICROSCOPE AUTOMATION AND DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE, #834-002100 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 26: 32X INFINITY CORRECTED REFLACHROMAT OBJECTIVE WITH VARIABLE SAMPLE COMPENSATION, #869-0045-404 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 27: 32X INFINITY CORRECTED REFLACHROMAT CONDENSER WITH VARIABLE SAMPLE COMPENSATION, #869-0045-405 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 28: ATR OBJECTIVE INFINITY CORRECTED, INCLUDES 2 ZNSE CRYSTALS AND CONTACT ALERT SENSOR PLATE, #869-0045-406P OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 29: NICOLET MCT-A DETECTOR (11,700-600 CM-1), #869-0045-465 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 30: XT-KBR BEAMSPLITTER (11,000-375 CM-1), #840-140900 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 31: ALDRICH RAMAN CONDENSED PHASE LIBRARY CD -- HIGH RESOLUTION (14,033 SPECTRA) (OMNIC DATA FORMAT), PART # 834-004000 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 32: FT-RAMAN MODULE FOR NEXUS WITH AIR COOLED DIODE PUMPED LASER, INCLUDES 100 WAVENUMBER STROKES FILTER, #912A0444 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 33: FT-RAMAN 180 REFLECTIVE OPTICS, #840-050500 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 34: FT-RAMAN DOMESTIC ENGLISH LANGUAGE KIT, #699-064200 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 35: NEXUS SAMPLE COMPARTMENT COVER FOR FT-RAMAN, #840-074900 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 36: TWO DETECTOR OPTION -- HIGH SENSITIVITY LN2 COOLED GE AND ROOM TEMPERATURE IN GAS DETECTORS, #840-073300 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 37: IMPORT EMISSION OPTICAL SYSTEM, #470-147000 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 38: FT-RAMAN MODULE EXPERIMENTS CD, #834-002400 OR EQUIVALENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 97-19. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 3826 and 500, respectively. The quoter shall state in their quotation their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to MSFC is required within 90 days ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Quotations for the items(s) described above are due by close of business August 30, 2000, and may be mailed or faxed the identified point of contact, and include, solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Quoters are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Forms/Index.html to submit a quotation. Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1. Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 are as follows: MSFC 52.239-1, NFS 1852.211-70, and 1852.214-71. Reserve paragraph(s) (d), (e), (f), (h), and (i) in 52.212-1. If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin. The Representations and Certifications required by FAR 52.2l2-3 may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/sats/ FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: MSFC 52.211-90, 52.232-90, NFS 1852.246-71, FAR 52.204-4, 52.211-15, and 52.247-34. FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference. FAR 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, and 52.225-3. The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ The NFS may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than August 23, 2000. Selection and award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quoter. Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the quoter providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the Government's requirement. Quoters must provide copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their quote. See above for where to obtain copies of the form via the Internet. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". It is the quoter's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of amendments (if any): http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=62 Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). See Note(s). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 08/08/00 (D-SN483651). (0221)

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