SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT
- Notice Date
- 7/29/2011
- 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
- NB685080-11-04763
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2011
- Point of Contact
- Lynda M Roark, Phone: 3019753725, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with PicoQuant Photonics North America, Inc. of Westfield, MA, for the acquisition of PicoHarp 300 to be used by the Optical Technology Division at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The mission of the Optical Technology Division is to develop and provide national measurement standards and services to advance optical technologies spanning the terahertz through the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet spectral regions. NIST currently has two existing microscopes, each utilizing Photon Counting Detectors (MPD); a Leica SPS Laser Scanning Microscope and a home built fluorescence correlation spectroscopy microscope. Picoquant's Picoharp 300 is the sole instrument compatible with the MPD's installed and utilized in the existing microscopes. Picoquant's PicoHarp 300 technology is proprietary to Picoquant. No other manufacturer's instrument will provide the compatibility requiredThere is only one authorized sales representative in the United States to provide the required instrument, PicoQuant Photonics North America. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 300 employees. 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 be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by August 12, 2011 will be considered by the Government.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB685080-11-04763/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02515476-W 20110731/110729235102-0b1497cb17282244e285f92663669c1a (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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