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66 -- LASER MEASURING SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB960082 DUE 052799 POC Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-4390; Paul G. Cataldo, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6332 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. 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; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.*****This solicitation, #53SBNB960082, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-09. This acquisition is a 100% set-aside for small business. The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3825, and the small business size is 500 Employees.*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for one (1) Laser Measuring System (LMS), Automated Precision, Inc. (LM-5/6DP Precision Model 5/6-D) brand name, or equal, to be used for fast characterization of machine tool performance.*****The system shall include a Linear Measuring System, Weather Station and 5D Sensor Unit. Salient characteristics of the system include ability to carry out machine errors in 5 degrees of freedom SIMULTANEOUSLY, with 0.2ppm linear accuracy and +0.5 arc second angular accuracy.*****The laser measuring system, when operated in a favorable environment (e.g. in a customary scientific laboratory with appropriate temperature control), shall meet the following performance specifications: Standard Range-Linear: up to 25 meters; Straightness: +/- 300 micron; Pitch/Yaw -- +/- 400 arc-second; Linear Accuracy: 0.2 ppm; Straightness Accuracy: +/- 0.5 micron (0.00002"); Angular Accuracy-Pitch & Yaw: +/- 9,5 arc second; Roll: +/- arc second.*****Delivery is required within one month after receipt of order (ARO).*****Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. The FOB point shall be DESTINATION, Gaithersburg, MD.*****The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items.*****Evaluation Criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of provision 52.212-2 are as follows: (A) Technical capability to meet or exceed the Government's specifications (offerors shall submit a quotation addressing all required specifications, and shall provide descriptive literature for item(s) quoted; (B) Past Performance (offerors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units within the past 5 years, with indication of performance success (list of 3 references, with name of contact, firm, phone number, and item(s) purchased); and (C) Price. Technical evaluation criteria [(A) and (B)], when combined, are more important than price.*****The Government anticipates awarding a purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible vendor whose quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered.*****Vendors shall address all requirements in this combined synopsis/solicitation, and shall provide clear evidence of understanding and the ability and willingness to comply with the Government's specifications of need. Failure to address a specification/requirement will be construed by the Government as inability to meet the need, or the vendor's taking exception to it.*****All vendors are to include with their quotes, a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (6)(i) 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns; (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (12) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (16) 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; (21)(ii) Alternate I of 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program; and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm.*****All interested, responsible, small business firms should submit quotes (Original Plus One Copy Of Quote And Enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington DC time, on MAY 27, 1999, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: TAMARA GRINSPON, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 05/13/99 (W-SN331385). (0133)

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