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66 -- Bell Jar Plasma Chamber system (OB1860960) (2007-02-13)

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items or services of a
NAME BRAND OR EQUAL item 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; quotes are being
requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is
issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), under RFQ number FA7000-07-T-0037, in
accordance with FAR Parts 12 & 13. The North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) number is 333314 and the business size standard
is 500 employees. The proposed acquisition is unrestricted. 8(a)/Hubzone,
disabled veteran, women-owned and small disadvantaged owned small businesses
are encouraged to submit quotes.

LINE ITEM 0001: Bell Jar Plasma Chamber system, QTY: 1 EA
Please Note: This is a 52.211-6 Name Brand or Equal Requirement. Each quote
must provide a detailed line item description which must comply with the
following specification:

The Department of Physics at the US Air Force Academy has a requirement for a
small Bell Jar Plasma Chamber System. The plasma chamber will be an 18? Bell
Jar with a guard and hoist for lifting the Bell jar; turbo and low-oil
roughing pump system with cables, electronics, gauges, and gaskets capable of
reaching pressures as low as 10 -7 Torr in the Bell jar. The system will be
used to test sensors, detectors, and small system components of the USAF
Academy FalconSat small satellite. This will allow plasma and vacuum testing
in the present facility.

This will be a 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal acquisition. The Brand Name
specified is the Kurt J Lesker model CCS050914 vacuum system. The salient
physical, functional and performance characteristics are as follows:

* 18? X 18? pyrex bell jar
* Bell jar guard with clamps
* Bell jar base plate and viton gasket
* Base plate to include a 4.5? pumping port
* Hoist and frame for bell jar
* 65 1/s turbo pump system on a 4.5? port
* Base plate to inlcude six 2.75? UHV ports
* Low-oil 2.1 CFM rotary vane roughing pump
* Instrumentation, cables and controllers for both pumps
* Ion gauge and controller for bell jar system
* Two 9-pin D-sub vacuum fittings on 2.75 inch ports
* Two 2.75 UHV blanks on 2.75 inch ports
* Thermocouple feed through on 2.75 inch UHV portr (Alumel)

No removal of old or installation of new requirement.
Delivery FOB Destination.

The provisions at 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this
acquisition. Add to 52.212-2 "The government will award a purchase order
resulting from this solicitation to the responsive, responsible offeror whose
offer is conforming to the solicitation and is the most advantageous to the
government, price and other factors considered. All responsible small
business sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the
agency. The Government will award a contract resulting from this combined
synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose technically acceptable
offer conforming to this combined synopsis/solicitation will be most
advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. Only
technically acceptable offers will be evaluated.
To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal"
products of the brand name manufacturer, must-
(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic
specified in this solicitation;
(2) Clearly identify the item by-
(i) Brand name, if any; and
(ii) Make or model number;
(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear
reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to
the Contracting Officer; and
(4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product
to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive
material to clearly show the modification.
The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of
information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably
available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not
responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the
offer.
Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being
offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name
product referenced in the solicitation.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers. Award will be made
on the basis of determining the technically acceptable offer with the lowest
evaluated price, which meets the Name Brand or Equal Specifications provided
above. Please submit your quote with all pertinent point of contact
information including CCR Cage Code, DUNS No., Tax Id No., and size/type of
small business. In addition, your quote should provide unit price, total
price, delivery date, and FOB Destination. No formal format is required as
this is a combined synopsis/request for quote solicitation. If your company
has a GSA contract, please provide the GSA Contract No. as well.

Delivery requirement: FOB for this RFQ is Destination. Quotations received
with FOB other than Destination will not be considered.

Delivery/Ship To address: Transportation Officer ? FE7000
Transportation Officer
8110 Security, Door 11/12/13
USAF Academy CO 80840
FOB: Destination

Delivery Date: 60 Days After Receipt of Order or Better

Offeror must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1,
Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and no addenda applies. The
provisions at 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this
acquisition. Offers shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-
3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, with its
offer. The clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items,
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, no addenda applies. Additional FAR clauses
cited in the clause applicable to this acquisition are: (b) 14, 15, 16, 18,
24, 25, 29, 30 and (c) 1, 2. In addition, the following FAR and DFAR clauses
are hereby incorporated by reference: FAR 52.211-6 ? Brand Name or Equal; FAR
52.204-7 Central Contract Registration; FAR 52.233-3 and 52.233-4; FAR 52.225-
13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchase; FAR 52.232-1 Payment; FAR 52.242-
15 Stop-Work Order; FAR 52.247-35 FOB Destination; FAR 52.252-2 Clauses
Incorporated By Reference; DFARS 252.225-7014 ALT I Preference For Domestic
Specialty Metals (Jun 2005) ? Alt I; and DFARS 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab
Boycott of Israel. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract terms and conditions required
to implement status of Executive Orders applicable to Defense Acquisitions of
Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition with the inclusion of the
following: FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities; DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and
Balance of Payments Program (Jun 2005) and DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic
Submission of Payment Requests in addition to DFARS: 252.204-7004, Required
Central Contractor Registration. The full text of any provision can be
accessed electronically at http://farsite.af.mil.

Offers must be received NLT Noon Mountain Daylight Savings Time, February 16,
2006, at 10th MSG/LGCB, Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Drive,
Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315. Offers received after this date and
time will be considered late in accordance with 52.212-1(f) and will not be
evaluated. Quotes may be faxed to the attention of Mike Slocum, Contract
Specialist, 719-333-9103 or email to [Please use the link below].

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