SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Digital CCD Camera (Brand Name or Equal)
- Notice Date
- 2/10/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 333315
— Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-05-Q-0286
- Response Due
- 2/23/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/10/2005
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation is being conducted on an unrestricted competitive basis. This solicitation seeks quotes for NEW OR REFURBISHED equipment. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is SB1341-05-Q-0286; the solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular Number 01-27. This solicitation is being competed on an unrestricted, open market basis. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code (see http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html) for this solicitation is 333315, and the size standard is 500 employees. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SYSTEM BEING PROCURED: The Contractor shall provide Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) camera, Soft Imaging Cantenga System (brand name or equal), for installation into a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) that the Government already owns. The CCD camera will replace the current film system used by the TEM. This will allow TEM users to image nano-structured materials in real time and greatly reduce cost, both material and labor, by converting from film to digital photography. The CCD camera may be either new or refurbished. The list of contract line item numbers, their descriptions, the related quantity of each, and the unit of measure of each for this solicitation are as follows: CLIN 0001, CCD Camera; Quantity: 1; Unit of Measure, Each. The system offered for CLIN 0001 must meet or exceed the following salient characteristics of the Soft Imaging Cantega System for Brand Name or Equal Purposes to be considered technically acceptable: Complete High Resolution on axis Digital CCD camera consisting of the following: Digital High Resolution Camera (16 Bit Dynamic Range, 2048 by 2048 pixel resolution, pixel size 13.5 micrometer by 13.5 micrometer, pixel clock 1 MHZ, 3 MHz, or 5 Mhz, exposure times from 1ms up to 100s, chip temperature cooled to negative 40 degrees C, binning 2x, 4x, and 8x, frame rates up to five images per second) Camera Connection (fiber optic, 10 ft minimum length) Cooling Unit for CCD chip, which must be able to cool to at least minus 40 degrees Celsius Shutter Control Box IBM-compatible PC system with the following specifications or better: Intel Pentium 4 processor-3.2 GHz processor, 500 GB hard drive, 2GB memory, digital PCI frame-grabber with imaging processing software Ethernet board, CD burner, Windows XP professional operating system, minimum 21 inch LCD monitor, LCD with XBRITE technology, image analysis software) CLIN 0002, Installation and Acceptance Testing of CLIN 0001 at NIST; Quantity: 1; Unit: Job. CLIN 0003, On-Site (at NIST) Training for Up to Three NIST Personnel for Normal Use of CLIN 0001; Quantity: 1; Unit: Job. Within two (2) weeks after the Contractor delivers Item No. 0001, the Contractor shall begin NIST On-Site training on the use of the CCD camera. The exact date for training shall be negotiated between the Contractor and the Contracting Officer?s Technical Representative (COTR). On-Site (at NIST) training for up to three NIST personnel for normal use of the instrument shall include: set-up of instrument, use of the instrument ? hardware and software, alignment/calibration procedures, safety procedures, maintenance of system. The Offeror shall include, in their quotation, any additional equipment and/or software, with associated pricing, that would be required to efficiently operate all instruments features offered for CLIN 0001 if they are not explicitly stated in the specifications for Item No. 0001. MANUALS The delivered items must include all manuals, schematics, and mechanical drawings, necessary to operate and maintain them. *** DELIVERY SHALL BE F.O.B. DESTINATION to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301 Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. INSTALLATION AND ACCEPTANCE TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CLIN 0001 The Contractor shall install the system only after the system is delivered to NIST Shipping and Receiving and is thereafter redelivered by NIST shipping and receiving personnel to the Fire Research Division?s Transmission Electron Microscope (FRTEM) in which it will be installed. Thereafter, the Contractor must install the system and perform acceptance testing on the CCD Camera that will replace the current film system used by the Fire Research Division?s Transmission Electron Microscope (FRTEM). Installation and acceptance testing shall occur within seven (7) days after the system is received by NIST Shipping and Receiving. This acceptance testing must be performed in the presence of the Contracting Officer?s Technical Representative (COTR) to verify that all installed items are fully operational and operate as intended by the original equipment manufacturer. In addition, the Contractor shall perform the following test procedures as part of the acceptance testing routine: View samples using CCD Camera The COTR will indicate acceptance of the system ONLY IF ALL ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA SPECIFIED ABOVE ARE MET, and the system is demonstrated to be fully operational and operate as intended by the manufacturer. If any portion of the supplied items is refurbished, then they must include a standard commercial warranty. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial items, applies to this solicitation. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial items, applies to this acquisition. The aforementioned FAR provisions cited in FAR 52.212-5 apply to this solicitation: 52.222-3; 52.222-19; 52.222-21; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36; 52.222-37; 52.225-3; 52.225-13; 52.225-15; 52.225-16; 52.232-33. The following additional clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.204-7 and 52.211-6. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS SOLICITATION: OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED FROM ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS OR THEIR AUTHORIZED RESELLERS ONLY. (1) As part of its quote, the offeror must submit the items required by FAR clause 52.212-1(b)(1) through (11), excluding number (10). PLEASE ALSO SEE FAR 52.212-3(j) FOR THOSE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS THAT THE OFFEROR SHALL COMPLETE ELECTRONICALLY. (2) The quote must indicate both duration of warranty AND nature of warranty offered for Item Number 0001 (the Government requires that the standard commercial warranty be offered for items being quoted for this solicitation; extended warranty may offered, and, if offered, it must be priced separately in the quotation); (3) The quote must indicate the maximum number of days, after receipt of order, that Item Number 0001 would be delivered to the NIST shipping and receiving dock; (4) The quote must list of what items and/or services that NIST would have to provide the Contractor during installation for the Contractor to complete the installation of CLIN 0001 (applies ONLY if the Offeror would not allow NIST to install the item in NIST?s lab); and (5) The quote may provide a list of assumptions made, if applicable, by the Offeror in submitting the quote that relate to Contractor performance after award. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Government will award a purchase order to the offeror whose technically acceptable solution represents the lowest evaluated price to the Government. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SOLICITATION MUST BE SENT BY EMAIL ONLY TO MYRSONIA.DIAZ@NIST.GOV. Any amendments to this solicitation will be posted at www.fedbizopps.gov only and will not be released by other means to potential Offerors. NOTE: PAYMENT FOR ITEMS IN THE RESULTANT PURCHASE ORDER WILL ONLY BE MADE AFTER THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVES THEM AND THEREAFTER ACCEPTS THEM. THE CONTRACTOR MAY THEN SUBMIT A PROPER INVOICE FOR PAYMENT OF THE ITEM TO THE NIST ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OFFICE. (ADVANCE PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE TO THE CONTRACTOR BEFORE NIST ACCEPTS THE EQUIPMENT.) OFFERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL ONLY IN .doc, .xls AND/OR .pdf FORMAT(S) TO MYRSONIA.DIAZ@NIST.GOV NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 23, 2005; OFFERS MUST BE RECEIVED AT THAT EMAIL ADDESS NO LATER THAN 12:00:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
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