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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 01-27. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 325120 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is unrestricted and all interested quoters may submit a quote. All interested quoters shall provide a quote for the following line items: LINE ITEM 0001: Purchase of a quantity of 40 each CL-size Aculife 4 treated; Nitrogen Dioxide soaked aluminum cylinders with ceodeux Compressed Gas Association (CGA) 660 0.75” National Pipe Thread (NPT) tapered thread stainless steel valves meeting all of the following required specifications. 1. Cylinders shall be new and unused Luxfer aluminum cylinders, N33 Industrial, 6 liter water volume, 6061 alloy, meeting Department of Transportation (DOT) 3AL specifications with valve opening 0.75 inch NPT (tapered threads). Luxfer processing for specialty gas Nitrogen Dioxide mixture application. 2. Cylinder valve shall be Ceodeux 304, 316, or 316L stainless steel packless diaphragm type, 0.75 inch NPT (tapered threads), with CGA 660 outlet. 3. Valves shall be inserted following Luxfer’s procedure which calls for the use of Teflon® tape (or equivalent), Teflon® paste lubricant (or equivalent) and hand valve insertion with the aid of Ceodeux valve bracket and a calibrated torque wrench. 4. Cylinder shall be evacuated and purged to maximum dryness using mild heat, evacuation, purging, silanization etc or similar processes ending with cylinder under vacuum to less than 10 microns. 5. Cylinders shall be prepped. Cylinders must be filled with a presoak mixture prior to shipment to NIST as follows: Nitrogen Dioxide mixtures: 40 evacuated cylinders meeting specifications 1 thru 4 above must be filled from vacuum to 105 psia (7 atms) with a presoak mixture containing (100 plus or minus 10) micromole per mole nitrogen dioxide in air. NIST requires the above cylinders as the starting point from which the Gas Metrology Team will prepare needed new nitric oxide suites of gravimetric primary standards. These in-house standards are needed to certify new lots of NIST nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide gaseous Standard Reference Materials (SRMs). NIST primary gravimetric mixtures are required to establish vertical traceability of new SRMs to the units of the kilogram and mole. These primary mixtures are also used for horizontal comparability with the National Measurement Institutes (NMIs) of other countries. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. Delivery shall be completed in accordance with the Contractor’s commercial schedule. 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. Award shall be made to the quoter who: (1) Meets all required technical specifications as determined by a evaluation of documentation submitted in accordance with this solicitation; and (2) Quotes the lowest price. Evaluation shall be based on information provided in the quotation. Quoters shall include product literature which CLEARLY DOCUMENTS that the offered products meet or exceed the specifications stated herein. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror 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: 52.204-7 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: (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; (23) 52.225-1 Buy American Act—Supplies; (26) 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; 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. All quoters shall submit the following: 1) An original and one (1) copy of a quotation which addresses Line Item 0001. All quotes should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Logistics Division, Attn: Andrew Perry, Building 301, Room B129, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. Offerors shall ensure the RFQ number is visible on the outermost packaging. ***Submission must be received by 5:00 p.m. local time on February 11, 2005.***E-MAIL QUOTES WILL BE ACCEPTED, however, must include all required information. FAX QUOTES SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED.