SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Small and Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering Detector
- Notice Date
- 11/29/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339111
— Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Brookhaven National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Brookhaven, PO Box 5000 Bldg. No. 355, Upton, NY, 11973, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SW115225
- Response Due
- 12/12/2006
- Archive Date
- 12/27/2006
- Description
- The National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory, in conjunction with the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, is developing a new undulator beamline X9 for the characterization of soft condensed matter materials and surfaces. The proposed combined Small and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS) capability of this new beamline requires a high resolution, vacuum-compatible area detector to be positioned inside a vacuum chamber close (~20cm) to the sample position and collect scattered x-rays from the sample at scattering angles up to 30 degrees and at the same time allow the x-rays at small scattering angles to reach the SAXS detector. In addition to the manufacturer?s specification for a state-of-the-art SAXS/WAXS Detector system, the detector shall also be designed to meet BNL?s special requirements delineated in BSA specifications. This, acquisition, is a, ?Best Value?, procurement. The utilization of this procedure is expected to provide the greatest overall benefit to BSA/BNL. ?Best Value? employs a trade off process that permits award to other than the lowest priced offeror or to the highest technically rated offeror. The tradeoff process, associated with Best Value involves a comparative weighing of the evaluation factors and sub-factors identified in the Request for Proposals (RFP). Specifically, the trade off process involves selecting the most advantageous offer based upon an integrated assessment of both non-cost/price factors, taken in their assigned relative importance. The following factors, in their relative order of weighting, will be utilized to evaluate the offers: - General Technical Specifications: Submit operating specifications for the proposed SAX/WAX detector system utilizing the same format (Section and Sub-Section numbering) presented by the specifications contained in the solicitation. - System Support: System support will be evaluated as to the level of warranty and support provided by the offeror and to what extent it conforms to the base requirements of the specification - Performance Risk: Submit references, points of contact and telephone numbers for manufacture of SAXS/WAXS Detector system or similar systems for the last 3 years. Proposals are due December 29, 2006, by 4:00 PM, EDT, and shall be submitted to Brookhaven Science Associates, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Attention: D. Paveglio, Bldg. 355, Upton, NY 11973. This RFP has been sent to the following known manufacturers: Princeton Instruments (Division of Roper Scientific) Photonic Science Limited Other interested manufacturers may download RFP SW115225 from this website.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
- Zip Code: 11973
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 11973
- Record
- SN01187767-W 20061201/061129220154 (fbodaily.com)
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