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66 -- UV LAMP SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB960128 DUE 082799 POC Contract Specialist, Carolyn Wilder (301) 975-8332;Contracting Officer, Pauline Mallgrave (301) 975-6330 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 FOR COMMERICAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, 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, #53SBNB960128, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This procurement is under the Test Program for commercial items using simplified methods. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a UV System to Retrofit Integrating Sphere-Fusion UV Systems, Inc., brand name or equal for the following: (1) Model DRR-320 Light Shielding system, provides lamp mounting, light containment, and proper air handling (one each), (2) Additional DRR-320 Light Shield, 2 quartz trays and rail assemblies, which will isolate the lamp cooling air for the integrating sphere (one each), (3) 2-Quartz plates to fit item #2, 34"X6"X0.157" (one each), (4) 2-Power Supply Towers to hold VPS-6 power supplies (one each), (5) Base with casters for Power supply towers (one each), (6) Model VPS/1600-60 Ultraviolet Curing System, consist of (6) 1600M lamp modules with "D" bulbs and dichroic cold reflectors and (6) Model VPS-6 variable power supplies (one each), (7) Model PBA-18/60 remote Air Supply Blower Clockwise Top Horizontal CW 90 (one each), (8) Model XBA-16/60 Remote Air Exhaust Blower (one each), (9) Direct View Photocell Assembly 255062 (one each), (10) Magnetron Kit 234323 (one each), (11) RF-Screen, 019711 (one each), (12) Igniter Bulb, 017861 (one each), (13) Air Pressure Switch, 026079 (one each), (14) Fuse, 4.0A, 341197 (one each) and (15) "D" Bulb, 213462 (one each). Performance Specifications: (1) 6 Lamp System: (a) Allow 6 levels of UV flux, (b) Minimum 3,000 hour non pro-rated warranty on bulb, (c) Minimizes surfacearea and infrared energy output (heat), (d) Reflector will be designed to create high peak irradiant at the focal point (inside the sphere), (e) Manufacturer is required to provide documentation for minimum spectral flux between 0210-400nm (UV region), (i) 1700 watts per lamp, (ii) 10200 watts total system (6 lamps). (2) Lamp support framework, (a) Shall fit 61cm diameter opening in top of sphere. (b) Manufacturer is responsible for designing and fabricating. (c) Fits on top of integrating sphere and is supported from the ceiling in Building 226/Room B353 at NIST. (d) Designed to isolate UV lamps from sphere with quartz or UV filter windows. (e) Lamps will be on a tray that can be displaced from the top of the sphere and then the lamps will be readily accessible. (f) Ducting for lamp cooling: (i) Designed so that no air is forced into the integrating sphere. (ii) Manufacturer will supply cooling blower and exhaust blower. (3) Safety (a) Manufacturer will provide capability for user to install multiple safetyswitches (interlock devices) to turn off lamps in order to prevent accidental exposure to UV radiation.***Testing period of 30 Days is required prior to acceptance. Delivery is required within 60 days After Receipt of Order (ARO). Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3574, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3574. The FOB Point shall be Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland.****The following FAR provision apply to this solicitation 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors-Commerical.*****Evaluation Criteria are: (A) Technical capability to meet or exceed the Government's specifications (offerors shall submit a quotation addressing all required specifications, and shall provide descriptive literature and price list for all items numbers; (B) Past Performance (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units, with indication of performance success); and (c) Price. Technical evaluation criteria, when combined, are significantly moreimportant than price.*****The Government anticipates awarding 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. 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.*****All vendors are to include with their quotes, a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-Commercial Items, (a) applies to this acquisition, including (b) paragraphs: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; (3) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns, (5) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; (8)(i) 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, (ii) Alternate I of 52.219-23; (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (12) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (21)(i) 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implement Implementation Act-Balance of Payment Program; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; 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.***** All interested, responsible firms should submit quotes (original plus one copy of quote and enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington, DC time, on 08/27/99, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: Carolyn Wilder, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or Posted 08/11/99 (W-SN366454). (0223)

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