Brand Name Mass Comparator Model XPR10003SC

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• (II) The solicitation number is 1333ND26QNB30500941 and this solicitation is a brand name only Request for Quotation (RFQ). This acquisition is being solicited as a total small business set-aside. Brand Name Only Justification: The NIST Fluid Metrology Group (FMG) maintains standards for realizing gas flow and is building a low flow standard for semiconductor process gases. FMG must determine the volumes of gas collection vessels with low uncertainty. FMG does this by weighing a vessel with a fluid that has a known, low-uncertainty density. FMG has historically used a 30+ year old Mettler Toledo mass comparator model that is no longer supported by Mettler Toledo. A replacement is now required. For the purposes of compatibility with existing research methods and reliable comparison of results with existing data, it is necessary to obtain a replacement mass comparator from the same manufacturer. FMG’s project protocols have been designed around the features of the proprietary Mettler Toledo mass comparator and only an instrument with the same properties is compatible with the existing protocols. Further, the FMG uses only Mettler Toledo weigh scales, in addition to the mass comparator, to ensure data compatibility across measurements. Mettler Toledo brand equipment is calibrated in a proprietary fashion and use of any other brand of product will jeopardize continuity of ongoing research data.
• (III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the RFO.
• (IV) The associated North American Industry System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,000 employees.
• (V) All quoters shall provide a firm fixed price quotation in accordance with the attached copy of the Request for Quotation.
• (VI) The

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