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66 -- METALLOGRAPH SOL 52SBNB5C8652 DUE 041295 POC Marsha Rodgers (301) 975-6339/Contracting Officer: Ruth Ann Maris The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Leco Corporation, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, for a Part Number 866-100-500 Leco-Olympus PMG-3 Inverted Stage, Incident Light, Bench Model Metallograph, including the following: Stand, stage, illuminator, nosepiece, objectives, interference contrast prisms, polarized light, sensitive tint, eyepieces, large format camera, automatic exposure control, and reticles. Also includes installation, start-up and on-site training-- F.O.B. Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland--Required Delivery Time - 60 days--This is a sole source requirement because the equipment is required to be compatible with an existing Leco high resolution video imaging system. Also, our research requires us to use an inverted microscope which has a continuous and calibrated zoom capability in conjunction with the reticle for each of the objectives. To our knowledge, the Leco Olympus PMG3 is the only brand of inverted microscope that has a calibrated continuous zoom feature--See Note 22. (0065)

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