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66 -- REAR-ILLUMINATED CCD DETECTOR AND CONTROLLER SOL 53SBNB867033 DUE 021798 POC Contract Specialist, Keith Kennedy, (301) 975-6325; e-mail: keith.kennedy@nist.gov WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This request for quotes (RFQ) incorporates those provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-03. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests quotes but will not issue a separate written request for quotes. Quoters should submit two original quotes to the above address no later than 3:00 p.m. on the date above specified. The NIST intends to acquire one rear-illuminated CCD detector and controller to detect and analyze Raman signals in a Spex microRaman spectrometer. The CCD detector and controller shall meet or exceed the following specifications: I. Readout noise from four to seven electrons at 50kHz, and a dark charge less than 0.5 electrons/pixel-hr at -100 degrees Centrigrade, II. LN/CCD-1100PM detector, grade one. III. UV/AR coating, IV. Win95 based controlling software, V. Response non-uniformity of less than plus or minus five percent over the entire CCD range, excluding blemish regions, VI. Adapter to Spex Triplemate spectrometer, VII. Liquid nitrogen cooled with hold time greater than 30 hours, VIII. ST-138 controller and ISA interface card, IX. Well capacity of 1,100,000 electrons, X. Scan rate of 50-150 kHz. Anticipated award date is March 15, 1998. SIC code is 3844. FOB destination National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Receiving Room, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899 The NIST intends to solicit one source under authority of FAR 13.106-2(a)(5), which permits solicitation from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. Quoters shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial 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 and includes the following FAR clauses: FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veteran Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST external web page, the Internet address is http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Scintag shall submit the following: Quote which addresses each required item above specified. Scintag shall also submit technical description and/or product literature and two copies of the most recent published price list and one completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3. Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from the NIST external web page, the Internet address is http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. Submission shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg MD 20899, ATTN: Keith Kennedy, Solicitation Number 53SBNB867033. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 17, 1998. The NIST will not consider an offer or modifications of the offer received at the address specified for the receipt of offers/quotes after the exact time specified for receipt of offers. The NIST will not accept a faxed quotation (0050)

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