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70 -- INCORPORATION OF INFRA-RED SPECTROSCOPIC DATA INTO NIST'S MASS SPECTRAL DATABASE SOL 52SBNB7C1117 POC Diane Loeb, Contract Specialist (301) 975-6399, Lisa Jandovitz, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6344 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The Mass Spectra Data Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("the data center") seeks to incorporate new data types into the NIST Mass Spectral Database ("the database") in order to make it more useful to the organic analytical community. Specifically, the data center will start incorporating infra-red spectroscopic data into the database. The data for this project have been identified both within NIST and from external sources. In many cases the data are in electronic format, in other cases the data are in the form of original or copied graphical outputs of IR spectrometers. The data in order to be made useful must be organized, structures found for the compounds, the data that are in the form of graphical output must be scanned and the resulting database must be carefully evaluated for errors from impurities, mislabeled spectra and errors in scanning. The data center has a collection of about 8500 spectra that are in digital form and in a database. The data center seeks a contractor that will organize the additions to the database, check the data as it is added to the database and serves as the archivist for the IR portion of the database. The period of performance for this contract is a base year period with three option year periods. It is anticipated that in the course of the 4 years of this contract that approximately 10000 spectra will be added to the database. The data center currently has about 3000 spectra in digitized form. All deliverables shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code is 7389 and the small business size standard is $18 million dollars. All responsible small business sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Interested firms may receive a copy of the RFP by writing to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Reference 52SBNB7C1107, or request by fax number (301) 963-7732. See Notes 1 and 26. (0121)

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