66 -- PURCHASE OF GONIOMETERS

Notice Date

June 14, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571

ZIP Code

20899-3571

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-01-856-4251

Response Due

June 25, 2001

Point of Contact

Carol Wood, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-975-8172, Fax 301-975-8884, Email Carol.Wood@nist.gov -- Anita Tolliver, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6308, Fax (301) 975-8884, Email anita.tolliver@nist.gov

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Blake Industries, Inc. of Scotch Plains, NJ, for two (2) Huber 430 Horizontal Single Axis Goniometers, Blake Part Number D5430. The goniometers will be used for new neutron spectrometers that are being designed and constructed.***Sole source determination is based on neutron instrumentation in the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NBSR) having been equipped with rotational and linear motion devices built by Huber Diffraktionstechnik GmbH, represented in the United States by Blake Industries. One of the design requirements for all new instruments in the NBSR reactor is to maintain compatibility and interchangeability of components. There are no other known devices that would satisfy this requirement.***Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and is required 90 days from receipt of purchase order.***The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 421490, and the size standard is 500 employees.***No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations, however, responses received by June 25, 2001 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses = to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

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Record

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