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66 -- VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER SYSTEM SOL 40SBNB760199 DUE 062397 POC Linda Shariati, Contracting Officer, (301)975-5053 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Atomic Physics Division of the Physics Laboratory, intends to procure a Vacuum Ultraviolet Fourier Transform Spectrometer System from John Wheaton Associates, 123 Rivermead Court, London SW6 35D England. This is a small business set aside. This system is a used piece of equipment; a Chelsea Instrument Ltd. Vacuum Ultraviolet Fourier Transform Spectrometer System FT500 serial number 001. The system shall have the capability of recording spectra down to 160 nanometers and shall be able to be adapted to be fitted with a magnesium fluoride beamsplitter for receiving spectra down to 140 nanometers. The system shall be capable of recording spectra at these short wavelengths to perform precise refractive index measurements of optical materials. The system shall be delivered within twenty calendar days after contract award. No solicitation will be issued. Requests for a copy of a solicitation package for this acquisition will be disregarded. A requestfor quotation will be verbally requested from John Wheaton Associates and the anticipated award date is on or around June 25, 1997. In accordance with FAR 5.207(e)(3), Numbered Note 22 DOES NOT APPLY. Numbered Note 1 and Numbered Note 26 do apply. NOTES: (0163)

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