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66 -- AUTOMATIC AC RESISTANCE THERMOMETRY BRIDGE SOL 53SBNB060084 DUE 052200 POC Fred F. Ettehadieh, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-8329, Fax No. (301) 963-7732; Teresa A. Reefe, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6364 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's (NIST's) Process Measurement Division intends to purchase, on a sole-source basis under the authority of 13.106-1(b), an Automatic AC Resistance Thermometry Bridge, Model F18, and Reference Resistor from ASL, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810. The Government requires an AC resistance thermometry bridge that shall be used in conjunction with the NIST's Primary Pressure Calibration Service, and shall be software-compatible with NIST's existing calibration system and function compatible with the existing ASL Model F700 Automatic AC resistance bridges currently in use. To the Government's knowledge ASL, Inc.'s Instrument is the only unit that satisfies the following minimum specifications: 1. AC Resistance Thermometry Bridge shall provide +/- 0.000025 K accuracy and full balance in less than 30 seconds in order to obtain data at a sufficient rate for accumulating calibration data in a timely fashion; 2. AC Resistance Thermometry Bridge inductive voltage divider shall have a carrier frequency of 30 Hz and 90 Hz, phase locked to supply frequency, with manual or automatic balancing of both the in-phase and quadrature components of the signal; 3. AC Resistance Thermometry Bridge shall be capable of measuring resistance ratios between 0 and 1.299 999 99 using external standard resistance between 1 ohm and 300 ohms; 4. Resistance ratio to be measured shall be with an accuracy of +/- 0.0000001 or better, no more than 1 n V rms in-band detector noise at the system operating frequency; 5. AC resistance Thermometry Bridge shall have a measurement bandwidth of 0.5 Hz to 0.02 Hz; 6. AC resistance Thermometry Bridge measurement time shall be less than 30 seconds for full balance; 7. AC resistance Thermometry Bridge digital computer interface via IEEE-488 interface capable of controlling all bridge settings and transmitting all measurement results. Analog voltage (+/- 10 V) output; 8. User selectable sensor currents between 0.1 and 10 mA; 9. IEEE-488 computerinterface for full remote operation and data acquisition; 10. The command structure for the computer interface shall be compatible with calibration software in use in the NIST's Primary Pressure Calibration Service. The standard resistor shall meet the following technical specifications: 1. The resistor shall have a resistance value of 25 ohms; 2. The resistor shall have a tolerance of +/- 0.0005 ohm, 3. The resistor stability shall be better than 2 ppm per year; 4. The resistor temperature coefficient shall be no more than 0.000075 ohm per K change in ambient. 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; A QUOTATION IS BEING REQUESTED FROM ASL, Inc., AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation number 53SBNB060084 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) using simplified acquisition procedures. This acquisition falls under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 3826 and the related size standard is 500 employees; however, this acquisition is unrestricted. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15. The Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs), Items, and Quantities are as follows: CLIN 0001, Automatic AC Resistance Thermometry Bridge with IEEE and plus/minus Analog Output, Model F18, 1 each; CLIN 0002, Ohm Wilkens Resistor, 1 each. The vendor shall deliver all the line items FOB Destination to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, no later than 10 weeks after the award of the Purchase Order. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. 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 (11) 52.222-21, (12) 52.222-26, (13) 52.222-35, (14) 52.222-36, (15) 52.222-37, (17)(ii) 52.225-3, (22) 52.232-33; 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software -- Restricted Rights. Year 2000 Warranty-Commercial Supply Item applies to this acquisition. The Contractor warrants that each hardware, software and firmware product delivered under this contract and listed below shall be able to accurately process date data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance with the product documentation provided by the contractor, provided that all listed or unlisted products (e.g. hardware, software, firmware) used in combination with such listed products properly exchange date data with it. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. The duration of this warranty and the remedies available to the Government for breach of this warranty shall be as defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of the contractor's standard commercial warranty or warranties contained in this contract, provided that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in such commercial warranty or warranties, the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include repair or replacement of any listed product whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the contractor in writing within ninety (90) days after acceptance. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than Year 2000 performance. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer applies to this acquisition, which can be downloaded from the NISTWeb Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. ASL, Inc. shall submit the following: 1) Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses CLINs 0001-0002; 2) Technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; 4) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); 5) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from www.arnet.gov/far; 6) Description of Software License Agreement, if applicable; "This is to advise you that if you intend to propose a software licensing agreement, it must comport with applicable Federal laws, regulations and otherwise satisfy the Government's needs". The quotation shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Attn: Fred F. Ettehadieh, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3572, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on May 22, 2000. A faxed offer will be accepted to (301) 963-7732. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotes. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all quotes received by May 22, 2000 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Posted 05/09/00 (W-SN453085). (0130)

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