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48 -- CUSTOM STAINLESS STEEL GATE VALVE SOL 53SBNB067016 DUE 020700 POC Carolyn Wilder, Contract Specialist, Tel (301) 975-8332 or Paul Cataldo, Contracting Officer, Tel (301) 975-6332 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) intends to negotiate with Kurt J. Lesker Company of Clairton, PA, on a sole source basis for the manufacture of vacuum components which comprise the major part of a mass-artifact vacuum transport system to be used with an existing design. The components included in this acquisition are two Custom Stainless Steel Gate Valves, one Stainless Steel Six-Way Cube with six 10-inch ConFlat Flanges, and one Rotary Linear Rack and Pinion Device. The required delivery is 8 weeks after receipt of order, FOB destination, Gaithersburg, MD. The government intends to issue a fixed price purchase order for this requirement. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement in writing to NIST, Attn: Carolyn Wilder, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Posted 01/21/00 (W-SN417489). (0021)

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