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66 -- COPPER SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFERS SOL 53SBNB867114 DUE 082498 POC Contract Specialist, Tamara Grinspon, (301) 975-4390; or Contracting Officer, Joan Smith (301) 975-6458 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 PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR PART 13, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.*****This solicitation, #53SBNB867114, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 2819 and the small business size is 1000 Employees.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a quantity of three hundred twenty (320) Copper (Cu 220) Single Crystal Wafers. The crystals will be affixed to a frame and aligned in reflection geometry to select (and reflect) a single wavelength of neutrons from the incident full reactor spectrum.*****The Contractor shall supply Cu220 Single Crystal Wafers that shall meet the following specifications: [1] Dimensions shall be: Diameter=31.0 mm (+/- 1.0 mm), and Thickness=10.0 mm (+/- 1.0 mm);**[2] Wafer faces shall be flat and parallel to +/- 0.25 mm as cut;**[3] Wafer faces shall be oriented to (220) within +/- 1.0 degrees;**[4] Each wafer shall be marked (or in a marked container) specifying which boule it was cut from, and each wafer shall have two small reference flats (each no deeper than 0.5 mm) so that crystals can be re-aligned with respect to each other for simultaneous reflection purposes;**[5] Copper purity shall be of at least 4N (99.99%)**[6] The Crystal Mosaic Spread (FWHM) of crystals as grown shall be less than 0.25 degrees (15 min.);**[7] Crystals shall have smooth single peak profiles (no doublets, etc.) to be determined by neutron diffraction at NIST;*****The orientation and quality of the crystals shall be determined by neutron diffraction at NIST. Crystals not meeting the above specifications will not be accepted byNIST, and will be returned to the Contractor. The Contractor shall replace returned crystals at Contractor's expense.*****The Government anticipates award of a purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered.*****Evaluation Criteria to be included in this acquisition are as follows: (A) Technical Ability to Meet or Exceed the Government's Requirements, (B) Past Performance (offerors shall demonstrate successful sale and completion of comparable contracts/orders and shall provide a list of references with phone numbers and fax numbers of references) and Price. Technical evaluation criteria (A and B), when combined, are significantly more important than price, with (A) equal to approximately two-thirds of (B).*****Offerors shall submit quotes in the English Language and shall submit offers in U.S. Currency.*****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 of need. Failure to address a specification/requirement will be construed by the Government as inability to meet the need, or the offeror's taking exception to it.*****Delivery is desired within 6 months after receipt of order (ARO), and required within 12 months ARO.***** The FOB point for deliverables is Destination, Gaithersburg, MD.*****The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions-Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Items); 52.219-1, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program; 52.214-34, Submission of Offers in the English Language; 52.214-35, Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency; and 52.242-15-Stop Work Order; and 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. The following FAR provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.219-1-Small Business Program Representations, which can be accessed at http://www.arnet.gov/far/current/97-04/html/52_215.html. Offerors shall submit with their quotation package a completed, signed copy of FAR Provision 52.204-3-Taxpayer Identification, which can be accessed at http://www.arnet.gov/far/current/97-04/html/52_000.html, and 52.219-1-Small Business Program Representations. All interested, responsible firms should submit quotes, by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on AUGUST 24, 1998, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Attn: Tamara Grinspon, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request by calling (301) 975-4390. See numbered Note 26. Posted 08/07/98 (W-SN234264). (0219)

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