SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to award a purchase order directly to Newport Corporation, New Focus Division, for a Velocity tunable external cavity diode laser
- Notice Date
- 2/3/2012
- 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
- NB620030-12-01211
- Archive Date
- 3/3/2012
- Point of Contact
- Joni L Laster, Phone: 301-975-8397, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
joni.laster@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(joni.laster@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 6.302-1, with Newport Corporation (New Focus Division) in Santa Clara, CA for the purchase of a Velocity tunable external cavity diode laser to be used in ongoing experiments such as transmission/reflection spectroscopy of nanophotonics devices and resonant optical pumping of nanocavity-based light emitters at room and cryogenic temperatures. For each of the different types of experiments, a large amount of customized control software has already been written for use with three existing Velocity tunable lasers in the lab manufactured by Newport/New Focus. NIST cites FAR 6.302-1(a)(ii)(A) and (B) (see excerpt below) as primary rationale for Sole Source Determination. (ii) Supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in - (A) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, or (B) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. (See 10 U.S.C.2304(d)(1)(B) or U.S.C.253(d)(1)(B). Sole source determination is based on the need for direct drop-in replacements for the existing experimental system, which must be mechanically, optically and electrically compatible with the remaining system that shall not be modified. Substitution with components from another vendor will require the creation of new software and would cause a significant delay in the initiation of important experimental ongoing projects that further the mission of developing new measurement tools to help enable the use of nanotechnology in areas such as future electronics. Newport Corporation/New Focus is the only known vendor capable of providing the necessary equipment that shall allow for direct drop in replacements and consistent real time data from the current system. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and is required within 10 weeks after receipt of an order. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 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 February 17, 2012 shall be considered by the Government.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02667472-W 20120205/120203234458-ccd31e98170a91a76f20ab6747850cab (fbodaily.com)
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