66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LAB EQUIPMENT

Notice Date

March 28, 2001

Contracting Office

National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Div.,100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Bldg. 301, Rm B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572

ZIP Code

20899-3572

Solicitation Number

01-852-3044

Response Due

April 11, 2001

Point of Contact

TAMARA GRINSPON, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-4390, Anita K. Tolliver, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6308

E-Mail Address

NIST Contracts Office (Contract@nist.gov)

Description

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-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, #01-852-3044, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-22.*****The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334513, and the small business size is 500 Employees. This acquisition is a 100% set-aside for small businesses.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a Digital Imaging System, 4pi Premium EDS brand name (including Sirius 10 X-ray Detector, Titan DXP pulse processor with integrated HV supply, Spectral Engine II for EDS/Digital Imaging/X-ray Mapping, Revolution EDS and Image Acquisition Software package, G4 Computer with Hitachi CM771 19" monitor, HP 990 Cxi inkjet color printer, 3.5" floppy drive, DeltaGraph Upgrade, Adobe Photoshop Upgrade, Extensis Portfolio, 3-year extended warranty on all parts and labor, and installation and testing of all equipment and software included in the order (up to 4 hours), or equal, which will be used at the NIST Ceramics Division in conjunction with an existing AMRAY 1400 SEM scanning electron microscope. *****Salient characteristics of the 4pi Digital Imaging System include: the system's ability to acquire x-ray spectra and x-ray images directly into a Macintosh computer, and its capability for direct acquisition of images into Adobe Photoshop and x-ray spectra into NIST's freeware-DTSA.*****NIST wishes to offer for trade-in an SEI-spectral engine I board; quoters shall specify in their quote the amount of discount offered to NIST for such trade-in.*****Delivery is required within 14 weeks after receipt of purchase order (ARO).*****The FOB point shall be DESTINATION, Gaithersburg, MD.*****Quotations will be evaluated in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.106-2-Evaluation of quotations or offers. Award will be made based on vendors' (A) Technical Capability to Meet Specifications (vendors shall address all specifications, and shall provide indication of understanding and ability to meet requirements); (B) Past Performance/Experience (vendors shall provide four (3) references to whom comparable systems preferably for similar applications -- have been sold over the past five (5) years, including organization name, point of contact, phone number, and fax number for each); and (C) Price. (A) and (B), when combined, are more important than (C).*****The Government anticipates awarding one purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible vendor whose quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the BEST VALUE to the Government, price and other factors considered.*****Vendors 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 vendor'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 www.arnet.gov .*****The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision applies to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; ***** 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 Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (12) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (19)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement-Israeli Trade Act-Balance of Payments Program; (22) 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products; (24) 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 at http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/conops/reflib/alp1296.htm All interested, responsible small business firms should submit quotes (Original Plus One Copy Of Quote and Enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington DC time, on APRIL 11, 2001, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: TAMARA GRINSPON (01-852-3044), Building 301, Room B129, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3571, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3571. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request. See Numbered Note 1.

Web Link

NIST Contracts Homepage (http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010330/66SOL015.HTM (W-087 SN50H5Z9)