SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Atomic Frequency Support Services
- Notice Date
- 2/16/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- 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
- NB688000-12-00074
- Archive Date
- 3/10/2012
- Point of Contact
- Leonard Spakow, Phone: 3034975270
- E-Mail Address
-
leonard.spakow@nist.gov
(leonard.spakow@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm-fixed price order, on a sole source basis, with Jon H Sherly for the purchase of Support Service for identification and mitigation of systematic frequency offsets in Primary Frequency Standards based on cesium hyperfine transitions.under other than full and open competition. NIST cites FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) (see excerpt below) as primary rationale for Sole Source Determination. (2) Only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Sole Source determination is based on the following: Dr. Shirley is a world expert (arguably THE world expert) on the theories of various systematic frequency offsets in primary frequency standards. Dr. Shirley's expertise is critical to the continued operation and improvement of NIST-F1, the US primary frequency standard and to the introduction of NIST-F2, NIST-F1's replacement. There are no other contractors with greater or equivalent specialized expertise. He is the only known source that meets all the technical requirements of the requiring activity. As a result, Dr. Shirley is uniquely qualified to satisfy the Government's minimum requirements. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541690 Other Scintific and Technical Consulting Services, the size standard is $7M 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 3:00 p.m. (EST) on February 21, 2011. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to leonard.spakow@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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN02677516-W 20120218/120216235250-70e19bfc074dd1c264b0ff7a639f4474 (fbodaily.com)
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