66 -- FTS SPECTROMETER UPGRADE

Notice Date

June 7, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and = Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau = Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, = 20899-3571

ZIP Code

20899-3571

Solicitation Number

01-844-4127

Response Due

June 21, 2001

Point of Contact

Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-4390, = Fax (301) 975-8884, Email tamara.grinspon@nist.gov -- Anita Tolliver, = Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6308, Fax (301) 975-8884, Email = anita.tolliver@nist.gov

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends = to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR = 13.106-1(b)(1), with Bio-Rad Laboratories, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, = for a FTS-7000 Spectrometer with Step Scan Option, to upgrade an = existing, installed Excalibur FTS-3500 Spectrometer. The FT-3500 unit = will be exchanged for the FTS-7000 system. Bio-Rad is the only vendor = who can fulfill the Government's needs, as the original system was = purchased from Bio-Rad, and the exchange opportunity is being offered = by Bio-Rad.*****Installation of and a 90-day warranty for the upgraded = system shall be included.*****Delivery shall be FOB Destination, = Gaithersburg, MD, and is required 90 days or less from receipt of = purchase order (ARO).*****The North American Industry Classification = System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size = standard is 500 Employees.*****No solicitation package will be issued. = This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. = However, responses received by June 21, 2001 will be considered by the = Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the = proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely = within the discretion of the Government. Information received will = normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to = conduct a competitive procurement.=20

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