SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Sample Positioner. Sample Mount, and Temperature Controller for Janis Superconducting Magnet Cryostat System
- Notice Date
- 7/25/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB683060-11-04759
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2011
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Janis Research Company, Inc. Wilmington, Massachussetts for the purchase of an upgrade (consisting of a sample positioner, sample mount, and temperature controller) for NIST's existing Janis Superconducting Magnet Cryostat System under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR subpart 6.302-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. NIST currently owns a Janis Superconducting Magnet Cryostat System in the Semiconductor Electronics Division of its Physical Measurement Laboratory. A research need exists that requires that the cryostat system's functionality be upgraded through the upgrade of several components of the existing Janis instrument. The required components include: a sample positioner with a rotating sample mount and ultra-low electrical leakage sample wiring, and an upgraded temperature controller. The addition of these components will allow for nanoelectric devices to be fully characterized as a function of magnetic field strength and angle. Only Janis can supply the necessary components as the components being procured as part of this upgrade are specific to the particular model and type of cryostat system owned by NIST and are unavailable from any other source. Janis Research Company, Inc is the only contractor who can provide the superconducting magnet cryostat system components that meets NIST's requirements. Therefore, Janis Research Company, Inc is uniquely qualified to provide the required cryostat system components. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and be completed in accordance with the Contractor's commercial schedule. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 12:00 p.m. (EST) on August 8, 2010. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to paula.wilkison@nist.gov. No telephone requests will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN02509801-W 20110727/110725235229-e1db65474134443dba34ae3bc105ffe4 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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