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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 22,1996 PSA#1727National 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) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0277 19961121\66-0001.SOL)
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