Microsemi 8040C Rubidium Frequency Standard or Equal

DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a brand name or equal Microsemi 8040C Rubidium Frequency Standard to be used in the Time and Frequency Division at NIST, Boulder, CO. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS 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 SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.5 TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 81 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010) Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to tpm1@nist.gov. Questions should be received no later than 5 calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. (End of Provision) The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 423690 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. All offerors shall provide a quotation for the following line items: Line Item 0001: Six (6) 8040C Rubidium Frequency Standard. STATEMENT OF WORK: BACKGROUND: The requested item is an integral part of the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia Time and Frequency Network (SIMTN) and the NIST Time Measurement and Analysis Service (TMAS). These systems allow very accurate (nanosecond level) NIST time to be distributed and measured at remote locations around the world, allowing NIST to provide support to U. S. industrial customers, and to our international colleagues. PURPOSE: These items are being purchased to allow the construction of new systems for the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia Time and Frequency Network (SIMTN) and for the NIST Time Measurement and Analysis Service (TMAS). These systems must be built for new NIST customers to fulfill NIST obligations. We also need to keep some units in stock to repair existing systems at NIST customer locations in the event of equipment failures. The requested item is plug, pin, and software compatible with those systems, and meets all measurement specifications that are currently being quoted to NIST customers. DELIVERABLES: Rubidium frequency standard with built-in distribution amplifier, quantity 6. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: We require a Microsemi 8040C Rubidium Frequency Standard or equivalent. The product must meet each of the following technical specifications: 1) Rack mountable. Must be mountable in standard equipment rack (19" wide) and occupy just one rack unit (1.75" of panel space). 2) Must have six programmable frequency outputs. Each output must be configurable for each of the following signals: 10 MHz sine wave 10 MHz TTL 5 MHz sine wave 5 MHz TTL 1 MHz sine wave 1 MHz TTL 1 pulse per second (1 Hz) 3) Must have the ability to communicate with a computer using the RS-232 interface. 4) Must have the ability to accept frequency steering corrections as small as 2 - 10-12. 5) Must have the ability to accept phase/time corrections in sub 20 ns steps. 6) Must have frequency stability of less than 1 - 10-12 at all averaging times from 10 seconds to 1000 seconds as estimated with the Allan deviation. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS: All of the technical specifications in the above section are equally important. Any deviation from these specifications would require a considerable engineering effort to overcome, as existing systems and services already owned and maintained by NIST would have to be redesigned at considerable time and expense to the Government. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY OR INFORMATION: The requested item must be able to interface with existing systems deployed as part of the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia Time and Frequency Network (SIMTN) and the NIST Time Measurement and Analysis Service (TMAS). More than 40 of these systems currently exist. The systems built at NIST that require the requested item are described in papers listed in the Reference Section. DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE: 30 days ARO INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE: 100% conformity to stated technical specifications is required for acceptance. REFERENCES: The systems built at NIST that require the requested item are described in the following papers: M. A. Lombardi, J. M. L'pez-Romero, and N. D'az-Mu'oz, "Automated Control of National Time Standards via the SIM Time Scale," Proceedings of 2013 SEMETRO Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4 p., September 2013. (http://tf.boulder.nist.gov/general/pdf/2678.pdf). M. A. Lombardi, "A NIST Disciplined Oscillator: Delivering UTC(NIST) to the Calibration Laboratory," Measure: The Journal of Measurement Science, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 46-54, December 2010. (http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/2478.pdf). PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference. All FAR clauses may be viewed at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. Those marked with an asterisk are provided in full text in Attachment 1. Provisions *52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items *52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items Offerors shall 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. Clauses *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 (APR 2010)--ALTERNATE II (APR 2010)-Commercial Items including subparagraphs: 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest when subcontracting with Contractor's Debarred, Suspended or proposed for Debarment 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-1, Buy American Act - Supplies 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. *52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination *1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority *1352.209-73 Compliance With The Laws *1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest *1352.246-70 Place of Acceptance INSTRUCTIONS: System for Award Management In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, the awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) prior to award. Refusal to register shall forfeit award. Due Date for Quotations Offerors shall submit their quotations so that NIST receives them not later than 11:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time Tuesday, May 12, 2015. FAX quotations shall not be accepted. E-mail quotations shall be accepted at tpm1@nist.gov. Offerors' quotations shall not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is entered into the e-mail address inbox set forth above. QUOTATION EVALUATION: Lowest Price/Technically Acceptable