66 -- ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER SYSTEM

Notice Date

April 17, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Assistance Division, Room B128, Building 301, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899

ZIP Code

20899

Solicitation Number

01-846-2133

Response Due

May 1, 2001

Point of Contact

Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-4390, Fax (301) 963-7732, Email tamara.grinspon@nist.gov -- Anita Tolliver, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6308, Fax (301) 963-7732, Email

E-Mail Address

Tamara Grinspon (tamara.grinspon@nist.gov)

Description

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-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, #01-846-2133, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-22.*****The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516, and the small business size is 500 Employees. *****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for an Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer System, Bruker Instruments EleXsys EPR brand name (including ER4122SHQ, ER 041-1161, E-513S, E-027T, SIG 02 EPR, E-048, Xepr EPR Software Package, One-Year Warranty on parts and labor), or equal, which will be used at the NIST Ionizing Radiation Division to measure radiation-induced unpaired electrons in synthetic and natural materials.*****The Ionizing Radiation Division needs a state-of the-art Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) to perform high quality radiation dosimetry measurements. Salient characteristics of the Bruker Instruments EleXsys EPR Spectrometer System include: full compatibility with other hardware and software components of an existing EPR system; and the capability to operate with a signal-to-noise ratio of 3000 or better.*****Delivery is required within 8 months after receipt of purchase order (ARO).*****The FOB point shall be DESTINATION, Gaithersburg, MD.*****Quotations will be evaluated in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.106-2-Evaluation of quotations or offers. Award will be made based on vendors' (A) Technical Capability to Meet Specifications (vendors shall address all specifications, and shall provide indication of understanding and ability to meet requirements); (B) Past Performance/Experience (vendors shall provide four (3) references to whom comparable systems preferably for similar applications -- have been sold over the past five (5) years, including organization name, point of contact, phone number, and fax number for each); and (C) Price. (A) and (B), when combined, are more important than (C).*****The Government anticipates awarding one 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 www.arnet.gov .*****The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision applies to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; ***** 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, 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; (19)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement-Israeli Trade Act-Balance of Payments Program, with Alternate I; (22) 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products; (24) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration.; and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded at http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/conops/reflib/alp1296.htm All interested, responsible firms should submit quotes (Original Plus One Copy Of Quote and Enclosures), by 3:00 PM, Washington DC time, on MAY 1, 2001, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: TAMARA GRINSPON (01-846-2133), Building 301, Room B129, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3571, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3571. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Copies of above-referenced clauses are available upon request.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010419/66SOL007.HTM (D-107 SN50J4L1)