SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Table Top Nanoindentation Tester
- Notice Date
- 10/28/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ASC/PKO, 1940 ALLBROOK DRIVE, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 45433-5309, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5309
- Solicitation Number
- FE230012720084
- Archive Date
- 11/17/2011
- Point of Contact
- Robert Neeb, Phone: 9375224547
- E-Mail Address
-
robert.neeb@wpafb.af.mil
(robert.neeb@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Synopsis: Table Top Nanoindentation Tester SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS (Not a Notice of Solicitation) The United States Air Force, ASC/PKOB, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is seeking potential sources to provide the following items for delivery to the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Firms responding should specify their products which meet the technical specifications provided below and provide detailed product information to show clear technical compliance. Additionally, sales history including recent commercial companies sold to should be included to determine commerciality. The requirement specifications are as follows: 1. Small Frame, Portable Tabletop Nanoindenter - Dimension: 45cm (L) x 40cm (W) x 45cm (H) 2. Top Referencing Design to Eliminate Thermal Drift/Vibration in Real Testing Time - No stabilization required before the first measurement - No pre- & post- thermal drift calibration required - No enclosure required - Uncorrected thermal drift of less than 0.15 nm/sec (raw data uncorrected) - Nanoindentation tests with 30 seconds (or more) loading/unloading time without any thermal drift correction (ASTM E2546 & ISO 14577) - Sample in horizontal direction (easy to fix) - No system recalibration required after a series of test - Contact force hold time (creep/relaxation): unlimited - Low Nanoindenter frame compliance (0.02 mm/N) - Low noise floor (0.3 nm) - Fast Indentation measurement (each test 2~5min including approaching and data acquisition, etc) 3. Nanoindentation Head Fully Compatible with Liquid Testing - No extra add-on needed 4. Maximum Indentation Load of 500 mN. Minimum Load Less Than 50 μN - Load resolution: 40 nN 5. Differential Capacitive Sensor of Depth Measurement - Displacement resolution: 0.003 nm - Maximum indentation depth: 200 μm - Maximum indenter range: 500 μm 6. High Resolution Video Microscope (with CCD Camera) - At least 2 simultaneous objectives (4 possible) - Allows a specific sample site to be selected - USB2.0 Camera with a minimum resolution of 1280 x 1024 - Dual screen (one screen for the video system, one screen for the Indentation software) - Video software included: - Real-time video display - Crosshair, scales, measurement tools - Image capture, the picture will automatically be added to software - Layer thickness measurement (Calotest)   7. Fully Automated X & Y Stages for Grid Indentation and Mechanical Mapping - X/Y motorized table with a range of 70mm - Grid Indentation technique including Modulus & Hardness 2D mapping and software built-in histogram analysis 8. Sinus Mode for Dynamical Mechanical Analysis (Optional) -Low cost DMA mode for a continuous acquisition of Hardness, Elastic Modulus, Storage and Loss Modulus data as a function of indentation depth 9. Full Software Package for Data Acquisition and Analysis - Real time display of force and depth data during acquisition, with the possibility to initiate an instantaneous user controlled unloading during the experiment - Full integration of AFM and Video imaging into the indenter control software (with AFM option) - Fully user definable indentation modes: (single/multi cycle, linear and square root loading ramps, unlimited hold time) - Powerful indentation modes including: Visual indentation mode (with optical microscope only) CMC (Continuous Multi Cycle) and large area mapping DMA as an option (Sinus mode option must be installed) - System setting programmable for every single indent in a multi-indent experiment. - Automated indenter calibration - Creep calculated in software - Multiple models for hardness and elastic modulus evaluation - Hardness ISO standard evaluation conform to ISO 14577 and ASTM2806 - Powerful and fully integrated statistical module - Superposition of curves - Data export in ASCII format The vendor is responsible for shipment of the above items to AFIT ENG (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio). Firms responding should indicate whether they are, or are not, a small business, and what type of small business (i.e. women owned, hub zone, etc). The general definition of a small business is one that is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of operation in which it is proposing on Air Force contracts and with its affiliates. NAICS Code to be used for this acquisition is 334516 with a size standard of 500 employees. The Air Force reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent acquisition. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is voluntary. The Air Force does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. Respondents should not construe this synopsis as a commitment by the Air Force for any purpose. Capabilities package: All interested firms shall submit a capabilities package that explicitly demonstrates company capabilities and product specifications related to this effort. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: robert.neeb@wpafb.af.mil in a Microsoft word compatible format or mailed to ASC/PKOB. POC: Robert Neeb, 1940 Allbrook Dr., Room 109, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5309 to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 2 Oct 2011. Direct all questions concerning this acquisition to Robert Neeb at (937) 522-4547.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433, United States
- Zip Code: 45433
- Zip Code: 45433
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