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THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIALITEMS 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 BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-14. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 325120 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. This requirement is for the supply of liquid argon for a base period of one year with two (2) one year option periods. To be considered for award, quoters must provide pricing for each period. Liquid argon shall be quoted on a per dewar basis. LINE ITEM 0001: Base Period ? One Year from the date of award: Quantity: 80 each liquid argon dewars. Liquid argon dewars delivered to NIST, Gaithersburg, Building 227, on an AS REQUESTED basis for a period of 12 months from the date of award. Liquid argon specifications: Liquid argon must have a minimum purity of 99.996%. The levels of certain contaminants in the liquid argon are critical to the successful completion of work schedules. The level of elemental Mercury in the liquid argon must be below 20 ng/m3 and the level of Sulfur must be below 10 ng/m3. If the levels of these contaminants are found to be higher than this in a given argon dewar, the Contractor shall replace the dewar at no charge to the Government. Estimated Usage: The total estimated usage for the base period is 80 liquid argon dewars. Usage totals are estimates only. NIST shall pay based on the actual amount delivered. LINE ITEM 0002: Base Period ? One year from the date of award. Dewar Rental for a period of 12 months from the date of award. Quoters shall provide a price for dewar rental for a one month period. Dewar Specifications: Dewars must not exceed 62 inches high and 22 inches in diameter. Dewars must contain a minimum of 145 liters of liquid argon. Dewars must be in good physical condition, of consistent quality and free of defects such as holes in tank walls, damaged threads, and dents on side of dewars. Pressure gauges must be functioning. Dewars must not vent excessively such that the tank would empty within two days without use. Any dewar that vents excessively will be reported to the vendor within 24 hours of detection and must be replaced by the vendor on the next business day, at no charge to NIST. OPTION LINE ITEM LINE ITEM 0003: OPTION YEAR I If exercised, shall commence one year after the date of award. Quantity: 80 each liquid argon dewars. Liquid argon dewars delivered to NIST, Gaithersburg, Building 227 on an AS REQUESTED basis for a period of 12 months from the date of award. Liquid argon specifications: Liquid argon must have a minimum purity of 99.996%. The levels of certain contaminants in the liquid argon are critical to the successful completion of work schedules. The level of elemental Mercury in the liquid argon must be below 20 ng/m3 and the level of Sulfur must be below 10 ng/m3. If the levels of these contaminants are found to be higher than this in a given argon dewar, the Contractor shall replace the dewar at no charge to the Government. Estimated Usage: The total estimated usage for OPTION YEAR I is 80 liquid argon dewars. Usage totals are estimates only. NIST shall pay based on the actual amount delivered. OPTION LINE ITEM LINE ITEM 0004: OPTION YEAR I If exercised, shall commence one year after the date of award. Dewar Rental for a period of 12 months. Quoters shall provide a price for dewar rental for a one month period. Dewar Specifications: Dewars must not exceed 62 inches high and 22 inches in diameter. Dewars must contain a minimum of 145 liters of liquid argon. Dewars must be in good physical condition, of consistent quality and free of defects such as holes in tank walls, damaged threads, and dents on side of dewars. Pressure gauges must be functioning. Dewars must not vent excessively such that the tank would empty within two days without use. Any dewar that vents excessively will be reported to the vendor within 24 hours of detection and must be replaced by the vendor on the next business day, at no charge to NIST. OPTION LINE ITEM LINE ITEM 0005: OPTION YEAR II If exercised, shall commence two years after the date of award. Quantity: 80 each liquid argon dewars. Liquid argon dewars delivered to NIST, Gaithersburg, Building 227 on an AS REQUESTED basis for a period of 12 months from the date of award. Liquid argon specifications: Liquid argon must have a minimum purity of 99.996%. The levels of certain contaminants in the liquid argon are critical to the successful completion of work schedules. The level of elemental Mercury in the liquid argon must be below 20 ng/m3 and the level of Sulfur must be below 10 ng/m3. If the levels of these contaminants are found to be higher than this in a given argon dewar, the Contractor shall replace the dewar at no charge to the Government. Estimated Usage: The total estimated usage for OPTION YEAR II is 80 liquid argon dewars. Usage totals are estimates only. NIST shall pay based on the actual amount delivered. OPTION LINE ITEM LINE ITEM 0006: OPTION YEAR II If exercised, shall commence two years after the date of award. Dewar rental for a period of 12 months. Quoters shall provide a price for dewar rental for a one month period. Dewar Specifications: Dewars must not exceed 62 inches high and 22 inches in diameter. Dewars must contain a minimum of 145 liters of liquid argon. Dewars must be in good physical condition, of consistent quality and free of defects such as holes in tank walls, damaged threads, and dents on side of dewars. Pressure gauges must be functioning. Dewars must not vent excessively such that the tank would empty within two days without use. Any dewar that vents excessively will be reported to the vendor within 24 hours of detection and must be replaced by the vendor on the next business day, at no charge to NIST. Ordering & Delivery Requirements: An Authorized Caller of the Government will place telephone orders not later than 4:00 PM on any given business day. The Contractor shall deliver not later than 12:30 PM the following business day. The Contractor must notify the Technical Information Contacts before arrival at Building 227 in order to open the door on the loading dock. The Contractor shall arrive at C Gate and go directly to the security screening area before delivering to Building 227. The Contractor must deliver dewars to the appropriate laboratory entrance in Building 227 through the service corridor. At the time of ordering the laboratory room number shall be provided to the Contractor. Drivers must comply with the building safety regulations which require the use of safety glasses in the service corridor. Safety glasses are available in the building. With each delivery, the Contractor shall pick up and return empty dewars. Because many dewars are in use at the same time, all empty dewars for pickup will be clearly marked as empty with a label provided by the Government to avoid confusion. All empty dewars must be disconnected from the equipment by Government staff before pickup by the driver. Delivery Ticket Requirement: The Contractor must provide a delivery ticket for each delivery. The Contractor?s delivery ticket must document each telephone order and must include the following: a) Contractor?s Name b) Delivery Date c) Purchase order number d) Date of call e) Quantity, price f) Name of authorized caller g) Dewar identification number Delivery tickets must be signed by the Technical Information Contact. Delivery terms 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 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. EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR AWARD Award shall be made on a technically acceptable and lowest price basis. To be determined technically acceptable the quoter must meet all required technical specifications as determined by a review of documentation submitted in accord with this solicitation. Quoters shall include the sales literature or other product literature which CLEARLY DOCUMENTS that the offered product meets the specifications stated herein. Pricing must be provided for the base period and two option periods. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at www.acqnet.gov/far. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial; and 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items. In accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items, offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov. If paragraph (k) of the provision applies, a written submission is required. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration; 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: (5) 52.219-6, Notice of total small business set-aside with Alternate I; (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; (19) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (24) 52.225-3, Buy American Act?Free Trade Agreement?Israeli Trade Act (JAN 2005) with Alternate I; (26) 52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (E.O. 12722, 12724, 13059, 13067, 13121, and 13129; and; (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. REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS AND DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS All quoters shall submit the following: (1) An original and one (1) copy of a quotation which addresses line items and evaluation criteria; (2) If not registered at http://orca.bpn.gov, one completed copy of 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items. All quotes must be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition Management Division, Attn: Andrew Perry, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. Offerors shall ensure the RFQ number is visible on the outermost packaging. NOTE: In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, the successful Contractor must be registered at www.ccr.gov prior to award. The Government will not award a purchase order to any vendor that is not registered at www.ccr.gov. Submission must be received by 3:30 p.m. local time on January 25, 2007. E-MAIL QUOTES SHALL BE ACCEPTED. FAX quotes shall not be accepted.