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99 -- CHEMICAL MASS SPECTRA OF HIGH QUALITY FOR THE MASS SPECTRA DATA CENTER SOL 2SBNB7C1087 DUE 040297 POC Contract Specialist, Keith Kennedy, (301) 975-6325/ Contracting Officer, Lisa Jandovitz, (301) 975-6344 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@mailserver3.nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to acquire from the database of the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, the non-exclusive right to data concerning unique selected spectra and structures of the Zelinsky Institute. The spectra which the Zelinsky Institute generates are a result of synthetic organic chemistry undertaken for drug screening at the Institute. These compounds are unique and are not elsewhere available. The Zelinsky Institute shall supply the name, formula, molecular weight, and the structure for each submitted spectrum on the printed version of the spectra. The contractor shall supply the spectra in electronic format in the Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular properties (JCAMP) format and the compound name in the JCAMP file. Spectra shall be: A. not already in the current NIST library; if they are in the current library, the spectra shall be of higher quality than spectra of the same compounds currently in the NIST library; B. high quality spectra with no impurities; C. sufficiently identified with auxiliary information, such as name, formula, molecular weight, structure, gc/ms conditions, and retention index. The proposed performance period is one base period and four option periods, each consisting of 12 months. NIST proposes an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract. Minimum estimated quantities per period are 500 each; maximum estimated quantities per period are 5,000 each. Estimated quantities per period are 4,000 each. FOB destination. The contractor shall deliver data on a quarterly basis beginning approximately 90 days after contract award. The contractor shall specify the number of spectra available at least 30 days in advance of the proposed delivery date. NIST shall specify the number of spectra ordered within 14 days of the contractor's notice of spectra available. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. NIST intends to solicit one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1. However, NIST shall consider all capability statements received within 45 days after the date of this synopsis. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by submitting a written capability statement. The capability statement must provide adequate information on supplying these spectra, and qualifications needed to produce these spectra. NIST must receive all of the above to determine whether to open this requirement for competition. See Numbered Note 22. (0051)

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