SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Top-Loading Helium-3 Cryostat
- Notice Date
- 6/9/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- 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-03-856-3263
- Response Due
- 6/24/2003
- Point of Contact
- Lisa Sawyer, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-975-3840, Fax 301-975-2541, - Michael Szwed, Supervisory Contract Specialist, Phone 301-975-6330, Fax 301-975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
lisa.sawyer@nist.gov, Michael.Szwed@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 is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-13. ***The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339111 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. All interested offerors may submit a quote. *** The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has a requirement for one (1) Top-loading helium-3 cryostat with the following contract options: option to purchase up to two essentially identical systems over the next two years, (2) contractor shall provide the option for NIST to purchase spare or replacement parts, as necessary, over the next two (2) years, (3) provide the option to purchase an extended warranty. All interested parties are invited to submit a quote for the following line items: LINE ITEM 0001: Quantity one (1) each - Top-loading helium-3 cryostat in accordance with the following requirements and specifications; the entire system shall include the cryostat with top-loading sample capability, temperature controller, liquid helium cryogen level sensor and indicator (if applicable), connecting hoses and cables. The system shall not include a vacuum pump for open-loop cooling with helium-4, as NIST shall provide this pump. NIST shall approve drawings before manufacture and shall be given a copy of line drawings (not all manufacturing drawings) for the system. Two (2) copies of the operating manual shall be included with every system. The offered system shall be based on either a liquid helium cryostat or a closed-cycle cryogen-free system. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (09-JUN-2003). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 26-AUG-2003. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/Reference-Number-03-856-3263/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN00413220-F 20030828/030827084326 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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