High Speed Camera

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. FAR PART 13, SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES, ARE UTILIZED IN THIS PROCUREMENT. THIS ANNOUCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.

This solicitation is a request for quotation. The solicitation document incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-60.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 443130. This requirement will be competed as a Total Small Business set aside under the corresponding size standard of $19.0 million. The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed-price purchase order to the offeror that offers the best value to the Government using the Lowest-Priced, Technically Acceptable method. All Offerors must be Small Businesses.

The National Institute of Standards and technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory (EL) requires a high speed camera and hard sided case for manufacturing process metrology of material deformation. This camera must meet the minimum requirements set forth in this solicitation in order to be utilized for its intended purpose.

All quotations shall be submitted electronically so that they are received at keith.bubar@nist.gov no later than August 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. All questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted electronically to keith.bubar@nist.gov, referencing Solicitation number SB1341-12-RQ-0636.

Please see attached PDF documents entitled "Solicitation SB1341-12-RQ-0636" for all pertinent details and attachment "Solicitation SB1341-12-RQ-0636 Applicable Provisions and Clauses" for all applicable provisions and clauses for this solicitation.