USDA-ARS-MWA, Contracting Office, 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, IL 61604

66 -- BRUKER CANADA LTD., MINISPEC MQ20, 20MHZ NMR ANALYZER OR EQUAL SOL 5114-9-3131 DUE 081199 POC Lorna Flansburg 309-681-6615 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, flansbul@mwa.ars.usda.gov. This 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 notice constitutes the only solicitation; Quotations (RFQ) are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued as Request for Quotation number 5114-9-3131. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular number 97-12. SIC code is 3826 and the size standard is 500 employees. Contractor to provide the following items: Item 1) 1 each minispec mq20, 20MHz NMR analyzer, fully automated bench top spectrometer, or equal. Includes applications software for Solid Fat Content Measurements, EMI-shieldding CE-conforming housing, RF-Generation/Pulse Programmer, Receiver/ADC, CPU, Fixed frequency 20 MHz transmitter, Permanent magnet mq-MAG20/047/100, Probehead Assembly mq-PA206, RatioCoil Design, Dell Personal computer with Microsoft Windows95/98 2) 1 ea SFC CAL10CER Certified Solid Fat Content Calibration Standards, 0.30, and 70% solid SFC calibration standards in 10m m tubes including certificate of calibration. One year warranty for all items. Salient Characteristics: Plug and play type probes. Eight freely programmable auxiliary pulse channels. 32-bit embedded PC controller with industry standard PC-104 and local VESA bus, real time operating system with parallel processing capability, 8 MB dynamic RAM and 4 MB flash-ROM for firmware. Fast magnet preheat mode and digital setting and control of magnet operating temperature from 35C to 50C. Unless visibly marked that the vendor is quoting an "equal" the offered items shall be considered the brand name product as referenced in this announcement. If offering an or equal product the brand name of the product furnished shall be clearly identified on the proposal. The evaluation of quotes and the determination as to equality of the product shall be the responsibility of the Government and shall be based on information provided by the vendors. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information which is not identified in the quotation and reasonable to the purchasing activity. To insure that sufficient information is available the vendor must furnish as part of their quote all descriptive material necessary for the purchasing activity to determine whether the products meet all salient characteristics of this requirement. The Government will award to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to this solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers, The ability to meet the technical requirements, past performance, and price. Technically acceptable proposal must show that the offeror can meet the requirements of the Government. Items are to be quoted FOB destination and delivery shall be made to USDA-ARS-MWA-NCAUR, 1815 N. University St., Peoria IL 61604, within 90 days of award. Acceptance time will be 60 days from bid opening date. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, 52.214-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions including clauses incorporated by reference under Section (b)(6): 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246), 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212), 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793), 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212), 52.225-3 Buy American Act-Supplies (41 U.S.C.10). Offerors shall submit a price for each item on company letterhead, past performance information to include a minimum of four references; contact name, company name, address, phone number and fax number, and include a completed copy of 52.212-3 to the Contracting Officer at the address indicated above by August 11, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Faxed quotes will be accepted at 309-681-6680. All responsible sources will be considered. Posted 07/26/99 (W-SN358942). (0207)

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