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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 28, 2007 FBO #1948
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- Liquid Scintillation Analyzer

Notice Date

3/26/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640, UNITED STATES
 

ZIP Code

00000
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-NB173010-7-03535
 

Response Due

4/10/2007
 

Archive Date

4/10/2007
 

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 Perkin Elmer LAS, Inc, for the purchase of a liquid scintillation analyzer.*** ***Sole Source determination is based on the following: The Safety, Health, and Environment Division at NIST requires a Liquid Scintillation Analyzer system that consists of a stand alone, bench top, and is capable of automatic sample counting, analysis, and report generation. The analyzer unit must have an automatic diagnostic and calibration routine that, as a minimum, tests the mechanical and electrical components of the analyzer unit for proper operation, measures the background count rate for each PMT separately and in coincidence, measures the tritium counting efficiency for each PMT separately and in coincidence, performs a Chi-squared test as specified in the ANSI N42.15 standard, and displays the results. Perkin Elmer LAS, Inc., is the only vendor capable of providing the required instrument, and satisfying all the minimum requirements. Perkin Elmer LAS, Inc., is the manufacturer of said instrument.*** ***Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and is required within 4 weeks after receipt of order.*** ***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, the Government will consider responses received by April 10, 2007.*** 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.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD

Zip Code: 20899

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01259046-W 20070328/070326220144 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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