The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), intends to award an Indefinite Quantity Contract for the fabrication of a series of neutron collimators. These collimators shall have either magnetic or non-magnetic metal housings and their vanes shall be manufactured from either steel, aluminum, polyester, Melinex or radiation resistant plastic. All collimators shall be internally coated with gadolinium oxide or boron-10, of varying thickness. Collimators shall be linear or radial and shall be built to NIST's designs and specifications.***The period of performance shall be one year from the date of award, with two (2) one year option periods.***FOB shall be DESTINATION, Gaithersburg, MD.***This requirement is being procured using full & open competition.***The NAICS code for this requirement is 334516 with a size standard of 500 employees.***The competitive Request for Proposal (RFP), specifications, RFP amendments, and all questions and answers related to this procurement shall be made available via the Internet at HTTP://WWW.FEDBIZOPS.GOV/ under RFP number SB1341-02-R-0021.***The RFP is anticipated for release to the vendor community on or about February 28, 2002, and will only be available via the Internet at the above web site.***Potential offerors are responsible for accessing the web site. Interested parties must respond to the RFP in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. No written solicitation document is available, telephone requests shall not be honored, and no bidders list shall be maintained. Potential offerors are requested to direct all questions via e-mail to [email protected].

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