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66 -- FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER SOL 53SBNB960087 DUE 080499 POC Patricia Duggan, (301) 975-8007, FAX (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The synopsis originally published in the CBD on June 3, 1999, is hereby modified to amend the specifications and extend the deadline for receipt of quotes. The synopsis is provided in its entirety as follows: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 53SBNB960087 and is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This action is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3826. The small business size standard is 500 employees. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for oneFourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer for gas analysis to include installation. The design, physical, and performance characteristics of the spectrometer shall include the following: (1) General Specifications: (a) resolution of 0.125 cm-1 (triangular apodization), or better; (b) operation in the mid-infrared region (500 cm-1 -- 7500 cm-1); (c) DTGS detector; (d) MCT detector -- D* approximately 3x1010; KBr beam splitter with Ge coating; (e) purged or sealed interferometer chamber; (f) purgeable sample chamber; and (g) spectrometer must be capable of interfacing with external samples and detector. (2) Software Specifications: (a) system must include comprehensive sofware packages to drive instrument and perform extensive quantitative data analysis of gas mixtures; (b) software must be capable of importing from and exporting to the JCAMP file format; (c) software must provide help function which aids users developing methods of analysis and integrated diagnostics to help improve the method used; (d) software must include the following quantitative analysis methods: Beer's Law, Classical Least Squares, and Partial Least Squares; (e) software must be capable of building macros for automated data acquisition and immediate data analysis; and (f) sofware must be compatible with NT 4.0. (3) Gas Cell Specifications: (a) variable path length gas cell (up to 1 m path) with temperature control and low volume; (b) cell heatable to 200 degrees C; (c) temperature control unit to heat cell; (d) gold coated mirrors (passive to high concentrations of NO and NO2); (e) section between interferometer and gas cell must be purgeable; and (f) and must be able to access gas sample cell inlet and outlet without affecting purge. (4) Detailed Specifications: (a) 100 percent transmittance line stable to within 0.5% under the following conditions-lab temperature stable to within 0.5 degrees C, MCT detector, at 3750 cm-1, and over eight-hour period; (b) peak-to-peak noise from 2000-2100 cm-1 in transmittance less than 0.001 under thefollowing conditions-0.5 cm-1 resolution, MCT detector, 2 mm aperture or smaller, 1 minute average time for background and 1 minute average time for sample, and with 1 m gas cell path length. Required delivery is FOB Destination (Gaithersburg, MD) within 75 days after date of award. All shipping charges shall be included in the quote. Quoters shall provide the information required by the provision at FAR 52.212-1 with their quotation. This provision may be found at the Internet site www.arnet.gov/far. Selection and award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quoter. Technical acceptability will be determined from information submitted by the quoter providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the Government's requirement. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the Government. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; and 52.212-5(a) -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses, which are cited in 52.212-5(b), are applicable to this acquisition: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.226-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; 52.225-21, Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act -- Balance of Payments Program (Alternate I); 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other Than Central Contractor Registration. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer may be downloaded at Internet site www.nist.gov/admin/od/ contract/protest.htm. All interested responsible firms should submit quotes by 3:00 p.m. EDT on August 4, 1999. Quotes should be mailed to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3572, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572, ATTN: Patricia Duggan. Faxed quotes will not be accepted. Posted 07/21/99 (W-SN356889). (0202)

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