SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Streak Camera with Spectrometer
- Notice Date
- 7/21/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 339111
— Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-06-Q-0404
- Response Due
- 8/4/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/19/2006
- 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. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.5 TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. ***This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-11.*** *** The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339111 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This requirement is unrestricted and all interested Contractors may submit a quotation.*** *** The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a Streak Camera with Spectrometer. The streak camera-spectrometer system will be used to make wavelength selective time domain measurements in the general wavelength region of 600-1000 nm. The systems under investigation will be condensed matter systems, predominately semiconductor-based nanostructures, and often single emitters. Thus, optimization under low-light conditions, specifically in the 900 nm region, is important. ****All interested Contractor?s shall provide a quote for the following: Line Item 0001: Quantity One (1) Streak Camera with a Spectrometer: The proposed system shall meet or exceed the following specifications: 1) Cooled S-25 or Cooled S-20 Streak Tube (for low light fluorescence measurements in the 900-950nm spectral region) with sensitivity equal to or greater than 5mA/W at 850 nm; 2) Must have synchroscan and single-shot scanning capabilities; 3) System must have photon counting mode; 4) Single software package that controls both the streak camera and the spectrometer; 5) 0.75 meter spectrometer with two exit slits to accommodate the streak camera and a future CCD detector, micrometer controlled entrance slit, and with interchangeable grating turrets and initial grating sizes of 30, 100 and 1200 grooves/mm; 6) Must be able to provide technical support within the United States; 7) Must have input optics with variable slit; 8) Associated mounting tables for Streak and Spectrometer; 9) Must have a synchroscan delay unit; 10) Must have a synchroscan blank unit; 11) Must have an optical trigger unit; 12) System must have a streak image analysis package (software, manual, hardware key, frame grabber and cabling) which integrates with the spectrometer. Line item #0002: Installation: The Contractor shall provide installation for the streak camera system. Installation shall include, at a minimum, uncrating/unpackaging of all equipment, set-up and hook-up of all equipment, system check for manufacturing defects and any damage during shipment. After initial setup, the installer must test and demonstrate all equipment.*** ***The Contractor shall state the warranty coverage provided for the instrumentation.*** ***Delivery shall be provided not later than 8 months after receipt of an order and installation shall be no later than 30 days after delivery. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver line item 0001 to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. *** Award shall be made to the Contractor whose quote offers the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following evaluation criteria: 1) Technical Capability factor "Meeting or Exceeding the Requirement" and 2) Past Performance and 3) Price. Technical capability and past performance shall be more important than price. Technical Capability: Evaluation of Technical Capability will be based on the information provided in the quotation. Evaluation of Technical Capability shall be based on the information provided in the quotation. Quoters shall include product literature, which addresses all specifications & clearly documents that the product offered meets or exceeds the specifications identified herein. The following enhanced performance capabilities are desirable to the Government. In determining best value, the Government shall give strongest consideration to equipment that can achieve any or all of the following: 1) Improved sensitivity in the 900-950 nm range. Sensitivity which is equal to or greater than 10 mA/W at 900 nm, and/or sensitivity which is equal to or greater than 1 mA/W at 930 nm, and/or sensitivity which is equal to or greater than 0.7 mA/W at 950 nm; 2) Improved quantum efficiency in the 900-950 nm wavelength range. A quantum efficiency which is equal to or greater than 60 percent at 900 nm, and/or a quantum efficiency which is equal to or greater than 10 percent at 930 nm, and/or a quantum efficiency which is equal to or greater than 2 percent at 950 nm; 3) Low detector dark current is also important for our 900-950 nm detection region. A dark count of better than 1e-12 mA/cm is preferred. Past Performance: Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the overall quality of the product & service provided and the Contractor?s history of meeting delivery schedules for prior deliverables. Evaluation of Past Performance shall be based on the references provided and/or the quoters recent and relevant procurement history with NIST or its? affiliates. Offerors must provide a list of at least three (3) references to whom the same or similar equipment has been provided. Past Performance and Price shall not be evaluated on quotes that are determined technically unacceptable in accordance with the Technical Capability Evaluation factor. *** The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. *** *** The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7 Central Contractor?s Registration (CCR) Database; 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items. *** *** Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. ***The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders?Commercial Items including subparagraphs: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; (3) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preferences for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in it?s offer); (7) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; (10) 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its? offer); (14) 52.222-3, Convict Labor; (15) 52.222-19 Child Labor ? Cooperation With Authorities And Remedies; (16) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (17) 52-222-26, Equal Opportunity; (18) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (19) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (20) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (21) 52.222-39, Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Feeds (Dec 2004) (E.O. 13201); (25) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements; (26) 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; (31) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated. It can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm. *** ***All quoters shall submit the following: 1) An original and one (1) copy of a quotation which addresses all of the above line items; 2) An original and one (1) copy of the technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; and 4) An original and one (1) copy of the most recent published price list(s), and 5) Past performance references which must include the company/organizations name, contact person, phone number, and e-mail address.*** ***All quotes shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition Management Division, Attn: Andrea G. Parekh, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. *** ***Submission shall be received not later than 3:30 p.m. local time on August 04, 2006. Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist (Andrea G. Parekh) @ andrea.parekh@nist.gov. FAXED QUOTES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. HOWEVER, EMAILED QUOTES WILL BE ACCEPTED. ***
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, Mailstop 1640
- Zip Code: 20899-1640
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20899-1640
- Record
- SN01094760-W 20060723/060721220414 (fbodaily.com)
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