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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 22,1996 PSA#1727

National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Division, Bldg. 301, Rm. B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001

66 -- CRYSTAL CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM & VARIABLE WAVELENGTH UV/VIS DETECTOR SOL 53SBNB7C1044 DUE 122096 POC David Merrell, 301-975-6308/ Pauline Mallgrave, Contracting Officer, 301-975-6330 The National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) has a requirement for a Thermo Capillary Electrophoresis(CE) Crystal 310 capillary electrophoresis system with 48 position autosampler or equivalent; Model 4225 Variable Wavelength UV/VIS detector or equivalent, and PC 1000 Data Acquisition & Reprocessing software or equivalent, for use at its Gaithersburg, MD facility. The CE system shall have a truly reversible power supply, offering programmable polarity reversibility within a method as well as programmable switching between constant current and constant voltage within a run. The system shall have a floating ground, and be capable of direct coupling to a mass spectrometer as a detector. The instrument shall also be fully programmable without external computer. The variable wavelength UV/VIS shall be 200nm, with capillary electrophoresis flow cell. 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 ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation, No. 53SBNB7C1044 is a Request for Quote (RFQ). Award will be made based on technical acceptability and price. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions & clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 41. The associated Standard Industrial Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3829, and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The contractor shall provide system installation, 1 day training, and operations manual. Delivery is required 45 calendar days from award, FOB Destination - NIST Bldg. 301 RECEIVING, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the Agency. All offerors are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications --Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items, and 52.212-5(a) Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses, which are cited in clause 52.212-5(b) are applicable to this acquisition: 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affimative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; 52.225-21, Buy American Act --North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program. All offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Quince Orchard Rd. Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. All offers are due by 3PM EST on December 20, 1996. (0325)

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